Cuba planning its own boycott. No more Microsoft!


	Cuba planning its own boycott. No more Microsoft!

benben1

2-13-2009 5:26 AM

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cuba, microsoft, linux

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2-13-2009 9:24 AM

ratcatcher2

I'm Ubuntu/Linux for an age now. No problems.

2-14-2009 11:54 AM

darkduskx

First time I ever heard of "technological sovereignty".

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