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How Linux Helped 5 Poverty-Stricken Governments

  • hehe2.net; By Rami Taibah (Posted by steever on Oct 16, 2008 11:21 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
So the government decided to use free software; in the beginning due to its low cost, but soon they realized that free software is a powerful tool to provide “technological independence” and avoid reliance on global conglomerates and monopolies.