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Hey! That's revolutionary.
What's the matter with you? Porky Pig
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From: NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Curtis Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 6:52 AM To: NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Jim Curtis Subject: [NewPacifica] Fw:[gjdanscinfo] Festival de Software Libre VENEZUELA
PROMOTING FREE SOFTWARE
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has long been critical of big transnational companies, and now his government is promoting free open-source software as an alternative to market-dominating Microsoft Corp. Venezuela's science and technology ministry on Friday began the Latin American Free Software Installation Fair, [Festival de Software Libre], an event promoting the use of the open-source Linux operating system and other nonproprietary programs over Windows by Microsoft. Groups of Linux users are holding similar events simultaneously in countries from Argentina to Colombia [including Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador & Peru]. Chavez says previous governments spent more on licensing fees for proprietary software than social programs to fight poverty..."If knowledge doesn't have owners, intellectual property is a trick of neoliberalism," he said. More at http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2006/03/26/2003299342 CUBA PARTICIPATES: photo of Cuban students of the Joven Club, organizer of the festival in Cuba http://www.jrebelde.cubaweb.cu/2006/enero-marzo/mar-24/fotos/festival.jpg - New Pacifica Working Group http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica 'Save Our Stations!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
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