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Cuba Lifts Ban on Home Computers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hello-computer dept.

ianare writes "The first legalized home computers have gone on sale in Cuba, the latest in a series of restrictions on daily life which President Raul Castro has lifted in recent weeks. The desktop computers cost almost $800, in a country where the average wage is under $20 a month, but some Cubans do have access to extra income. Internet access remains restricted to certain workplaces, schools and universities on the island which the government claims is due to low bandwidth availability. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is laying a new cable under the Caribbean, but it remains unclear whether once the connection is completed, the authorities will allow unrestricted access to the internet."

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  1. Ironic that B. Hussein Obama by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's ironic that B. Hussein Obama has proposed more net censorship just as Cuba is starting to lift some of its socialist restrictions. Some ultra liberal socialists like B. Hussein Obama just never learn.

  2. Re:This is not news... by dotancohen · · Score: 1, Troll

    Now we only need tons of Ubuntu disks to give away at the sotre. Post your snail mail address and I'll send you a stack of them. Let the island enjoy Ubuntu and maybe Raul's Cuba do what Fidel's couldn't do: really stick it to US corporations such as Microsoft.
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  3. The Sound Of Cuba by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hooray for Cuba:
    Furious Masturbation
    Goatse Surprise
    Google Joygasm
    GNAA Penis Rocket To The Moon

  4. No! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thousands of Slashfag's just realized Internet access in their dreamland (a socialist nation) can be heavily regulated and shook their heads in disbelief. How, in a utopian socialist society such as Cuba, could this be? Socialism = slavery. Deal with it you communist scum bags.

  5. Re:This is not news... by CajunArson · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah kuz Canonical is a real pure communist outfit too. And those evil US corporations have never ever made any contributions to Linux. In fact... has Cuba ever made any contributions to Free Software of note? For that matter, what about Iran and North Korea, they hate America even more.. so why aren't they the world leaders in free software?

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    AntiFA: An abbreviation for Anti First Amendment.
  6. Re:This is not news... by jimrob · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ummm... can't you walk???

    I work a twelve-hour night shift in a factory. I just want to get home. Screw the ozone layer.