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This from Taliya News, an interesting window into IT in other parts of the world..

Tehran, March 5, Taliya News –
Member of Board of Directors and Manager of Linux Persian National Project reiterated in an interview with CITNA,

“Taking advantage of open source software leads to lowering dependence on foreign made software, technologies, expertise, and code surveys, as well as assuming the continuous free flow of information.”
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Khansari reiterated,

“Avoiding getting locked when using a certain salesman’s software, provision of software diversity, ending the monopoly of certain companies, and providing the ground for making various software indigenous in accordance with local demands are among advantages of using open source software that both diversify our choices and strengthen us.”

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[ originally posted on Sunday, March 4th, 2007 at 1:00 pm and is filed under Communication, Everything, On Places and Identities, Open Source. ]