1, What's truly ironic is that everyone here know that the "free market" and "personal freedoms of life in the USA" had nothing whatsoever to do with the invention or creation of our nifty technology. Im sure if you looked a little deeper you would find that everything from the internet to desktop publishing to electronics were created for the pentagon in secrete and under a non-competitive no-bid state contracts...only after the technology had been created out side the market with out tax dollars were they turned over to the private sector. Talk about state intervention in the market.
2, The is nothing "communists" in Venezuela, Chavez has implemented more real and direct democratic reforms than any other Latin American leader in decades. Get over the cold war and stop reading Murdoch's news.
3, Venezuela is not moving towards a "closed economy" it is moving to a post capitalist one, where the economy is democratic unlike some others we might be familiar with closer to home.
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Venezuela Embraces Linux and Open Source Software, but Faces Challenges
By: Cleto A. Sojo - Venezuelanalysis.com
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1
Venezuela's Public Administration to Use Open Source Software
By: Gregory Wilpert - Venezuelanalysis.com
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1
1, What's truly ironic is that everyone here know that the "free market" and "personal freedoms of life in the USA" had nothing whatsoever to do with the invention or creation of our nifty technology. Im sure if you looked a little deeper you would find that everything from the internet to desktop publishing to electronics were created for the pentagon in secrete and under a non-competitive no-bid state contracts...only after the technology had been created out side the market with out tax dollars were they turned over to the private sector. Talk about state intervention in the market.
2, The is nothing "communists" in Venezuela, Chavez has implemented more real and direct democratic reforms than any other Latin American leader in decades. Get over the cold war and stop reading Murdoch's news.
3, Venezuela is not moving towards a "closed economy" it is moving to a post capitalist one, where the economy is democratic unlike some others we might be familiar with closer to home.
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http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/