Ubuntu founder asks gov’t to support open source advocacy

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http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=64926

The founder of the new Linux operating flavor called Ubuntu is urging
governments to advocate open source technology, not just in a
corporate setting but more on the average consumer level.

In the Philippine leg of his Asia-wide tour, Ubuntu founder Mark
Shuttleworth said government should spearhead the use of open source
platforms among ordinary consumers as an alternative method of home
computing.

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Though he did not specify numbers, Shuttleworth said the Philippines
is one of the company's biggest distributorships in Asia Pacific. They
were able to ship 57,000 CDs of Ubuntu Linux in the last 12 weeks,
compared to just 52,000 in Australia and 16,000 in Japan.

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Cool huh 52,000 in Australia, wow!

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