The story shows some hope for the people of Cuba. But I worry that MS is trying to take a new approach at fighting Linux. MS has labelled Linux as communism <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/07/31/ms_ballmer_linux_is_communism/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> before</a>. Having communist Cuba adopt Linux isn't really going to endear it to the American people. Maybe this is why they are running the story? Just read how the story opens, "Cuba's communist government is trying to shake off the yoke of at least one capitalist empire — Microsoft Corp. — by joining with socialist Venezuela in converting its computers to open-source software." Sounds like they're trying to turn a good technical choice into a decision to join the Communist Party, at least in the minds of those who don't know the real issues. One more reason not to adopt Linux? Am I just being paranoid? Scott <div>On 17 Feb 2007 05:03:59 -0800, Laurie Bell <<a href="mailto:lveeb@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> lveeb@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Laurie Bell (<a href="mailto:lveeb@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">lveeb@yahoo.com</a>) has sent you a news article. (Email address has not been verified.) ------------------------------------------------------------ Personal message: Very Interesting. Cuba embraces open-source software - Yahoo! News <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_hi_te/cuba_software" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_hi_te/cuba_software </a> ============================================================ Yahoo! News <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://news.yahoo.com/</a> -- ubuntu-ca mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca</a> </blockquote></div> -- <a href="http://badvista.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://badvista.org</a> <a href="http://www.getgnulinux.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.getgnulinux.org/</a>