Venezuela tamb� s'apunta al software lliure!
--- Zapopan Martin Muela-Meza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > De: Zapopan Martin Muela-Meza > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Para: Union Public Domain > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Asunto: [Upd-discuss] 50% of Venezuela Government > Software will be Free Software by 2007 > Fecha: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:41:39 -0800 (PST) > > See also: "Venezuela Embraces GNU/Linux and Free > Software," Dec 11, 2004 > http://olm.blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20041206/010218.html > > > sent by Steven Robinson (activ-l) > > Venezuelanalysis - March 5, 2005 > http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1535 > > 50% of Venezuela Government Software will be Free > Software by 2007 > > by ABN/Venezuelanalysis.com > > Caracas, Venezuela, March 5, 2005--Venezuela's > president of the > National Technology and Information Center (CNTI), > Jorge Berrizbeitia, > says that the migration from private software to > free software in > Venezuela's public administration will present a > great challenge > for the government and the country's data processing > companies. > > According to a presidential decree passed in > December 2004, Venezuela's > public administration must present a plan within > three months for > how it will raise its usage of free software. The > best known example > of free software is the GNU/Linux operating system, > which is steadily > gaining in market share worldwide, relative to the > private operating > system Microsoft Windows. Following the president's > approval of the > plans, the departments of the public administration > will have two > years to implement it. > > Berrizbeitia explained that the Venezuelan > government is aware that > such a transition will cost money and that it also > means transition > expenses for the companies that currently supply the > government > with software. Berrizbeitia said that the government > would be willing > to take over the costs of translating software, so > that it can be > used in Venezuela. > > One of the main reasons the government is interested > in switching > to free software is that it wants to consolidate its > technological > independence and lower its vulnerability for not > controlling the > software it uses. > > Part of the CNTI's long-range plans is to create a > Venezuelan > Internet, which would serve as a technological > platform for the > state and that would support the government's > concept of endogenous > development. > > Berrizbeitia added that part of this plan is the > design and > construction of a "Bolivarian" computer, "made in > Venezuela," that > uses mainly free software. > > This computer is being constructed by the Venezuelan > company Smragon > and will be built in the city of Valencia. It will > run on Linspire > Espaqol, which is a GNU/Linux project of Lindows, > which is a multiplatform > operating system, which means that it can run both > Windows and GNU/Linux > software. It would also come with Open Office and an > instant messaging > system that works on all popular messaging networks. > > > ENG: "Corporations are not democratic institutions > --their directors and managers owe no accountability > to anyone but the shareholders that employ them." > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ESP: "Las corporaciones (empresas) no son > instituciones democr�ticas: a sus directores y > gerentes no se les puede fincar responsabilidades > ante nadie excepto ante sus accionistas que les > emplean." > > -- Bakan, Joel. (2004). The Corporation. The > Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power : La > corporaci�n (empresa). La b�squeda patol�gica de > ganancias y poder. London: Constable & Robinson, p. > 151 > > > > > __________________________________ > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ > _______________________________________________ > Upd-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/upd-discuss > Jordi Massaguer Pla Computer Engineer by the University of Girona http://es.geocities.com/jjordicat email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo!: �250 MB GRATIS! Nuevos servicios, m�s seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es ---------------------------------------------------------------- Podeu consultar els arxius d'aquesta llista o canviar la vostra subscripci� a http://www.softcatala.org/llistes/ ----------------------------------------------------------------
