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Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Progress in Iraq? Well, apparently, there is enough progress going on to have a Linux Users' Group. I had no idea. I have to admit, it's an interesting question: will open source software beat Microsoft to the punch?
Consider this:
CD-burners are in overdrive churning out copies of Microsoft Windows XP, or sketchy pre-release copies of the company's Longhorn OS due to ship in 2006... I found one guy who sold Red Hat Linux 7.2, but he didn't know what it was...Virtually no Iraqis know anything about the debate over open versus proprietary software. Since Iraq never signed on to the copyright conventions common in other countries, Iraqis have no sensitivity to the issue. They believe that all software costs 2,000 dinars, or roughly one dollar, the price software sellers charge for any copied CD.
Ironically, Microsoft has a leg up because Iraqis bootleg their software on the street. It remains to be seen if the open source movement will be embraced.Labels: Archives_2003
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Dave
8:47 PM
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