Free software wins out in embargoed Syria

Posted by tadelste on Jan 16, 2006 11:46 AM EDT
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For many the choice between free and proprietary software is exactly that: a choice. But if you live in a country like Syria, which is at the receiving end of an extensive US embargo -- including an embargo on software -- free software may be your only choice. Which is not all bad, according to Anas Tawileh of the Syrian GNU/Linux Users Group. Frederick Noronha spoke to him during a visit to the Africa Source II workshop in Uganada this week.

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Programming and politics glynmoody 1 1,026 Jan 17, 2006 8:51 AM
Kind of sickening, really. sxf 2 1,020 Jan 17, 2006 1:20 AM
No borders Abe 2 1,045 Jan 16, 2006 6:48 PM

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