Economia
Iraque, open source...e tudo o mais
Wired News: Slow Going for Linux in Iraq
Trecho:As Iraq emerges from years of stagnation wrought by a closed political system and tough sanctions from other countries, Iraqi interest in computing technology is finally burgeoning.
Reports from inside the country say curious citizens are keeping Internet cafes filled to capacity, that eager students are returning to universities to learn how to program and that high-end computer workstations can be bought for as little as $150 in city marketplaces.
But even with all the growth, there is still one aspect of technology that has yet to penetrate the country's borders: open-source software. With software piracy so rampant that a CD copy of almost any program can be bought for just 2,000 dinars, or $1, the demand for free software just isn't there yet, according to Ashraf Tariq and Hasanen Nawfal.
The two graduate students at Al-Mansour University in Baghdad are among just a handful of Iraqi citizens who are familiar with Linux -- and that has them deeply worried. If nothing is done to educate computer users in Iraq about open-source software, what is now a blank canvas will quickly be painted over with expensive, proprietary Microsoft products, they argue. And if that happens, the country could end up spending millions more than it needs to on software purchases and hardware upgrades, they say.
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Economia
Iraque, open source...e tudo o mais
Wired News: Slow Going for Linux in Iraq
Trecho:As Iraq emerges from years of stagnation wrought by a closed political system and tough sanctions from other countries, Iraqi interest in computing technology is finally burgeoning.
Reports from inside the country say curious citizens are keeping Internet cafes filled to capacity, that eager students are returning to universities to learn how to program and that high-end computer workstations can be bought for as little as $150 in city marketplaces.
But even with all the growth, there is still one aspect of technology that has yet to penetrate the country's borders: open-source software. With software piracy so rampant that a CD copy of almost any program can be bought for just 2,000 dinars, or $1, the demand for free software just isn't there yet, according to Ashraf Tariq and Hasanen Nawfal.
The two graduate students at Al-Mansour University in Baghdad are among just a handful of Iraqi citizens who are familiar with Linux -- and that has them deeply worried. If nothing is done to educate computer users in Iraq about open-source software, what is now a blank canvas will quickly be painted over with expensive, proprietary Microsoft products, they argue. And if that happens, the country could end up spending millions more than it needs to on software purchases and hardware upgrades, they say.
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Open source: os entusiastas gostarão mais da Microsoft? A pergunta faz sentido se você vê um título como este: Microsoft to share Office software source code with governments. O ponto, agora, é: será que os defensores do chamado "software...
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Linux: um Frankenstein? Aí vai mais uma sobre o tal "software livre". Wired 12.07: The Linux Killer...
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Linux....ilegal? É o Linux ilegalmente criado? Ou não? Wired News: Linux: Whose Kernel Is It?: "Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux open source operating system, has proposed changes to the Linux kernel development process which he and other...
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Seja contra o software livre e você será castigado Interessante exemplo de como se prejudicar alguém que o acuse de ter ilegalmente adquirido propriedade privada (no caso propriedade intelectual). Se for verdade, prova o óbvio: Bill Gates não...
- Open Source Science
"Is there a model for encouraging large-scale scientific problem solving? Yes, and it comes from an unexpected and unrelated corner of the universe: open source software development" Via, Selva....