[Ubuntu-ni] Fwd: Cuba and its own Linux, NOVA

[Israel]

Asi lei en EFE.

Felicidades a Cuba, esta distribucion significa un paso mas hacia su
soberania tecnogica contra el gran monopolio Imperialista de Microsoft,
Corporacion nacida en el Imperio Norteamericano  (The Empire) y que pretende
llenar de virus usbs todas nuestras computadoras y memorias usb.

2009/2/11, Rodrigo Peñalba <penalba en gmail.com>:
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> From: Renata Avila <renata.avila.pinto en gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:41 PM
> Subject: Cuba and its own Linux, NOVA
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> Puede ser interesante para los fans de Free Software de GV-Americas.
> Cuba launches own Linux variant to counter U.S. Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:41pm
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> By Esteban Israel
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> HAVANA, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Cuba launched its own variant of the Linux
> computer operating system this week in the latest front of the communist
> island's battle against what it views as U.S. hegemony.
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> The Cuban variant, called Nova, was introduced at a Havana computer
> conference on "technological sovereignty" and is central to the Cuban
> government's desire to replace the Microsoft software running most of the
> island's computers.
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> The government views the use of Microsoft systems, developed by U.S.-based
> Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O<http://uk.reuters.com/business/quotes/quote?symbol=MSFT.O>),
> as a potential threat because it says U.S. security agencies have access to
> Microsoft codes.
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> Also, the long-standing U.S. trade embargo against the island makes it
> difficult for Cubans to get Microsoft software legally and to update it.
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> "Getting greater control over the informatic process is an important
> issue," said Communications Minister Ramiro Valdes, who heads a commission
> pushing Cuba's migration to free software.
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> Cuba, which is 90 miles (144 km) from Florida, has been resisting U.S.
> domination in one form or another since Fidel Castro took over Cuba in a
> 1959 revolution.
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> Younger brother Raul Castro replaced the ailing 82-year-old leader last
> year, but the U.S.-Cuba conflict goes on, now in the world of software.
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> According to Hector Rodriguez, dean of the School of Free Software at
> Cuba's University of Information Sciences, about 20 percent of computers in
> Cuba, where computer sales to the public began only last year, are currently
> using Linux.
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> Nova is Cuba's own configuration of Linux and bundles various applications
> of the operating system.
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> Rodriguez said several government ministries and the Cuban university
> system have made the switch to Linux but there has been resistance from
> government companies concerned about its compatibility with their
> specialized applications.
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> "I would like to think that in five years our country will have more than
> 50 percent migrated (to Linux)," he said.
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> Unlike Microsoft, Linux is free and has open access that allows users to
> modify its code to fit their needs.
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> "Private software can have black holes and malicious codes that one doesn't
> know about," Rodriguez said. "That doesn't happen with free software."
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> Apart from security concerns, free software better suits Cuba's world view,
> he said.
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> "The free software movement is closer to the ideology of the Cuban people,
> above all for the independence and sovereignty." (Editing by Jeff Franks and
> Bill Trott)
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