Cuba Launches Its Own Version of Linux
Category: Operating SystemsPosted: February 11, 2009 05:18PM
Author: Nemo
Cuba announced is own version of Linux at a Havana conference today on technological sovereignty. Called Nova, the operating system is seen as a way to combat Microsoft, and thus the U.S., dominance in the software market. Cuba now joins the likes of China and Russia in developing a national version of Linux in a push to free their countries from dependency on Microsoft for operating system software. Cuba began computer sales to the public only last year and estimates roughly 20 percent of computers in its country are now running on Linux and hopes to push that total to 50 percent within five years. Cuba sees Windows as a threat because it claims U.S. spy agencies have access to the code and says free software is more in line with the Cuban ideology.
