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Cuba Switching to Linux

Posted by Zonk on from the comrade-tux dept.

Tony Montana writes "According to several news sites the government of Cuba is dumping Windows in favour of Linux. Cuba's director of information technology, Roberto del Puerto, says that Cuba already has approximately 1500 computers running on Linux, and is working towards replacing Windows on all state owned computers."

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  1. I am just curious to know... by cnelzie · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...how an American Company is able to do business that results in benefits to Cuba.

    Microsoft is an American corporation, it isn't legally allowed to profit from or provide goods or services that are shipped to Cuba. If I am understanding the US Trade Embargo correctly...

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  2. Re:That's cool... by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Yep, that "stability", it's a wonderful thing. Especially when it's maintained by imprisoning librarians.

    And maybe you should keep in mind that a lot of these "innocent" dissendents that are being arrested were or are actively plotting to overthrow the Cuban govenment, or even the assasination of Castro. Look at that shady CIA Posada character that's here in the U.S. now for a great example of one of those "innocent" dissidents.

    I suppose you think the U.S. government wouldn't arrest people plotting the overthrow of the government or the assasination of the president?

    -Eric

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