Mntsnow
09-22-2004, 8:54 AM
Windows is 'free' in Iran, but even there is an increasing move towards Linux, according to an AFP report.
Apparently, because Iran refuses to abide by international copyright laws, pirated copies of Windows make the product free and everyone uses it.
But according to Mohammad Sephery-Rad, the man in charge of the Islamic regime's computer systems, there had to be a wide scale move to Linux in the interests of long-term politics and security. Read more at Inquirer (http://www.theinquirer.net//?article=18592)
Apparently, because Iran refuses to abide by international copyright laws, pirated copies of Windows make the product free and everyone uses it.
But according to Mohammad Sephery-Rad, the man in charge of the Islamic regime's computer systems, there had to be a wide scale move to Linux in the interests of long-term politics and security. Read more at Inquirer (http://www.theinquirer.net//?article=18592)