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Cuba to migrate to open-source software (ZDNet)
ZDNet reports
that the Cuban government is migrating its computers to open source
software. " A Cuban academic, Hector Rodriguez, is supporting the
migration to open source by heading up a development program within one of
the largest Cuban universities. Cuba's customs service has already migrated
to Linux, while the ministries of culture, higher education and
communications are planning to do so, Rodriguez told the
conference."
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Cuba? Posted Feb 21, 2007 6:57 UTC (Wed) by ldo (subscriber, #40946) [Link] If I recall rightly, this is a government that does not allow its citizens to have private Internet connections--all access must be done through Government-controlled Internet cafes, where the PCs are set up to take screenshots of what you're doing every few minutes, to make sure you're not up to anything subversive. I wonder how they reconcile this with their embrace of Free Software? Or maybe they just avoid calling it "Free".
Cuba? Posted Feb 21, 2007 7:28 UTC (Wed) by irios (guest, #19838) [Link] They will say "libre" but think "gratis"
Cuba? Posted Feb 21, 2007 14:56 UTC (Wed) by deepfire (subscriber, #26138) [Link] US propaganda works miracles..
I wonder if residents of socialist Cuba are actually more free than
In fact, i bet they are.
Cuba? Posted Feb 21, 2007 18:41 UTC (Wed) by copsewood (subscriber, #199) [Link] Freedom is a mixture of relatives and absolutes. When Cuba was a very poor country, prioritisation of education and healthcare were thought by many to be more important than freedom of movement and speech. Now that Cubans are better off, no doubt they will want to put the same kind of pressure for greater freedoms on their government as occurred in Eastern Europe during the 1980ies. The right of citizens to travel and do business elsewhere is also significant. Are US citizens still forbidden to travel to and do business in Cuba ? I think that most Europeans are a little more free than US citizens if US sanctions which were in existence some years ago are still in effect. Some of my friends have been on holiday recently in Cuba. However, I would still agree that US citizens have greater freedom of movement than Cuban citizens.
Cuba? Posted Feb 22, 2007 1:19 UTC (Thu) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link] Yes, other than a few exceptions, US citizens are forbidden to travel to Cuba, much lessdo business there. I understand that there is a single plane flight per week between Miami and Havana, for handling those exceptions. My ex-wife was once lucky enough to visit there as a graduate student.
Cuba libre? Posted Feb 21, 2007 20:23 UTC (Wed) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link] Go there and see. But do prepare to be disappointed.
People who live in mainland China say that, political speech aside, Shanghai is among the freest places in the world, albeit in a sort of wild-West "little people keep your heads down" environmentally destructive sort of way.
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