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Venezula Producing Its Own Linux PCs

Posted by kdawson on from the another-stick-in-the-eye dept.

christian.einfeldt writes "The Venezuelan Government announced the roll-out of four different models of Linux-powered consumer computers, three desktop models and one notebook. Branded 'Bolivarian Computers,' they will be will be produced by a joint venture of the Venezuelan Ministry of Light Industry and Commerce and a Chinese company named Lang Chao. The goal of the project is to jump-start a domestic IT industry and become an IT exporter to the rest of Latin America. At the ceremony introducing the program, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez claimed that the Bolivarian Computers cost 40% less than other commercially available models and come with a 3-year warranty."

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  1. idiots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    stupid venezuelan faggots, it's Mac or nothing.

    1. Re:idiots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ON TOPIC, you facist jews

  2. Re:As much as I hate Chavez... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Corea? Where the fuck is that?

    The last person to be trusted with observing elections is Jimmy Carter. The man has never met a dictator he hasn't fallen in love with. When, oh when, are we finally going to put that pathetic little man in a nursing home?