Re: [tlug] Third World [was: Why Vista Sucks]

["Nguyen Vu Hung" <vuhung16plus+shape@example.com>]

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 1:39 PM, SL Baur <steve@example.com> wrote:
>  4 of the last 5 years since leaving Japan, by a stricter definition of
>  "3rd World".  There are some 3rd World aspects to Milipitas.  I
>   Manila, I can walk into any random computer store and buy a
>  Linux pre-install right off the shelf.  *Any* store.  Can't do that in
>  the USA.  Heck, I couldn't find any Linux distro CDs for sale.
>
Interesting!
So what is the price of a Windows CD-R?

In Vietnam, Windows is still free despite of the fact that it has joined WTO.
Linux is more and more widely used in Vietnam but still very limited.
If the govement has to pay $3 for a Windows included Office, the money
needed to replace almost all pirated MS stuffs still costs an arm and a leg.
A few months ago, the government has "recommended" OpenOffice.

It is still an open question that whether FOSS like OpenOffice and Linux
are good ( which can be understood as "cheap" by most of the locals ) for
a country like Vietnam.

Any advices?


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Nguyen Hung Vu ( Nguyễn Vũ Hưng )
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