[Ubuntu-ni] Artículo en The Nica Times

[Norman Garcia Aguilar]

claro yo se que es el, solo que no sabia que habia sido entrevistado pal
articulo, :) eso era

2007/10/26, Leo Gomez <leo.telsen en gmail.com>:
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> rodrigo peñalba = don ernesto (marcaacme.com, barricada.com.ni)
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> 2007/10/26, @LeX < alexio44 en gmail.com>:
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> > administrador de Marcaacme.com
> >
> > On 10/26/07, Norman Garcia Aguilar < norman.garcia en ubuntu.org.ni >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Ta tuansi, pense que nunca iba a salir, solo que, quien es peñalba? :S
> > >
> > >
> > > 2007/10/26, Leo Gomez <leo.telsen en gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > >  En la edición de esta semana del The Nica Times sale una referencia
> > > > al Grupo Ubuntu y la comunidad FOSS nica (en inglés):
> > > >
> > > > Artículo completo enlazado desde:
> > > > http://informaticanicaragua.net/index.php/topic,286.0.html
> > > >
> > > > Extracto:
> > > >
> > > > An Internet connection is only half of the equation. Expensive
> > > > computer hardware and software is also necessary. That may soon change.
> > > > Advocates of open-source software are hard at work in promoting Linux – a
> > > > free competitor to Microsoft's Windows – as a low-cost alternative for small
> > > > businesses and private homes.
> > > >
> > > > "People are too poor to buy new equipment," says Leandro Gómez, the
> > > > contact manager of Ubuntu Nicaragua, an open-source software advocacy group.
> > > > "Schools don't have the money, businesses don't have the money. Free
> > > > software is a great opportunity to bring resources to places that cannot
> > > > afford them."
> > > >
> > > > Norman García teaches a class on the Linux operating system at the
> > > > private Institute of Computing and Systems in Managua, one of the few
> > > > offered outside of universities.
> > > >
> > > > "A license for Windows costs $180, Microsoft Office is another $200,
> > > > you can spend $500 or $600 on licenses alone," he says."We want to show that
> > > > there is an alternative, there is another option with zero
> > > > cost."
> > > >
> > > > He notes that only the government, which has a long-standing
> > > > contract with Microsoft, and the large businesses use legally licensed
> > > > software.
> > > >
> > > > "For students, for small businesses, it's impossible to afford,"
> > > > García says. Gómez and García are also working on a program to reuse
> > > > discarded computers, installing them with lightweight versions of Linux.
> > > >
> > > > "We're hoping to set them up in high schools, in public places where
> > > > kids can use the computers," Gómez says. Little by little, Nicaragua is
> > > > lurching into the digital age.
> > > >
> > > > "We're maybe 10, 15 years behind," Peñalba says."But we're getting
> > > > there.
> > > >
> > > >
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