Opinion: Time for the Gates Foundation to embrace Linux

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 24, 2009 5:51 AM EDT
Computerworld; By Phil Shapiro 		Mail this story
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This is a great time for the Gates Foundation to embrace Linux, bringing the value of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) to people who might otherwise not hear its value. For the past 10 years the Gates Foundation has expanded access to technology by delivering Windows computers to public libraries. Wouldn't it be cool for the next 10 years for the Gates Foundation to deliver new Ubuntu systems for public access use at these same libraries?

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