Some of the third world countries are implementing or thinking in terms of Linux as the standard. Because they are behind the curve, they don't have the conversion expense of big companies who are set up in Windows. China and Viet Nam, I have read, are good examples.
Microsoft sells special versions of Windows in those countries that are a lot cheaper in order to be competitive. Those versions might not work in the US because an internet site can tell by the backbone what country you are in and they probably wouldn't validate or upgrade if the computer was trying to go online from the US. The Canadian Broadcasting Company and CTV are two web sites that won't let me stream because they can tell that I am not in Canada, regardless of what regional and language options I set on my Windows or Linux, install. They only own the rights to the shows within Canada, and try to sell the shows to US cable channels, giving them a vested interest in respecting what rights they do and don't have. Mark Wallace On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 00:58 -0400, Orion Vianna wrote: > I was in Brazil recently and saw tux on the screen of "Banco do Brasil" > ATMs in Rio de Janeiro GIG airport :o) Very cool. > > Matthias Johnson wrote: > > > > Also another interesting thing from the Wikipedia article was that the > > Brazilian banking system often used OS2, using it in their ATM until > > 2006 when it was scrapped then replaced with Linux. > > > > Matthias > > > >> On Jul 28, 2010 9:20 PM, "Orion Vianna" > >> <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> Mark Wallace wrote: > >> > > >> > I thought that it was something else, altogether. My mis impression is > >> > th... > >> > >> some interesting info about OS/2 on wikipedia > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2 > >> > >> for example "OSFree is an attempt to recreate the OS/2 Operating > >> System (Specifically OS/2 Warp 4) from scratch and licensed under the > >> GNU GPL." > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Aug 4 - Samba > Sep 1 - BOINC > Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions -- Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586 Visit my Blog, Mark Wallace Following Christ, at > http://markwallacefollowingchrist.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Aug 4 - Samba Sep 1 - BOINC Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions
