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Titolo: Il Venezuela spinge Linux in Sud America

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http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2326
 :
Mérida, June 12, 2007 (
venezuelanalysis.com
)- The Venezuelan
government of President Hugo Chavez announced the launch of their
"Bolivarian Computers" last week, consisting of four different models
produced in Venezuela with Chinese technology. The new computers will
run the open-source Linux operating system and will first be used
inside the government "missions" and state companies and institutions
but eventually are expected to be sold across Venezuela and Latin
America.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez presented the new machines to the
public last week at an event in the state of Falcon as he donated them
to a school there. The new computers are produced by the joint venture
VIT (Venezuela de Industria Tecnológica), which is owned by the
Chinese company Lang Chao and the Venezuelan Ministry of Light
Industry and Commerce.
"The price of other similar brands is US$ 930, and the price of our
computer is US$ 690, almost 40% less," explained President Chavez.
"But, in addition, it has an added value, given that it comes with
open-source software and a three year guarantee, while other brands
only offer one year."
Production of the models began in the end of 2006 and the first 1,619
units were distributed to students of Integral Medicine in the
government program Mission Sucre. Chavez promised last October to give
a computer to every one of the 11,100 students in the second year of
the new medical education program Integral Community Medicine (MIC)
and began to follow through with that promise last May.
"I feel excited because the president came through with his promise,
and that makes us be more responsible with the program, more
dedicated, since it is a big help that motivates us to keep moving
forward," said one student.
Units have also been given to the Urban Transportation Fund, the
Agrarian Bank, the national mail service Ipostel, and the Experimental
University of Simon Rodriguez.
And although the first units have been donated to the public sector,
the new Bolivarian computers will also be sold inside Venezuela and
exported.
"We are working with cooperatives and small companies to form our own
distribution network," said the manager of sales Eduardo Hernandez.
"It's a slow process. This month we have already completed the
formation (of a distribution network) in Caracas and by the end of the
year we will have distribution and technical support throughout the
whole country."
The computer factory is located on the Paraguana Peninsula in the
state of Falcon and has an annual capacity of 150,000 units. For this
year the factory is expected to assemble 80,000 units and 6,000 laptop
computers.
Until now Venezuela has always imported computers both from well-known
brands and generic brands from the developed world. With this new
venture the Venezuelan government hopes to diversify national
production, integrate national productive chains, and work towards
technological independence for the country.
According to the web page of the new state company, VIT has the
objective of "production, marketing and sale of technological
products, with an emphasis in manufacturing and assembling computers
and accessories. Our efforts are also focused on national export, with
a future projection to the international market."
By the end of the year, the intention is to begin to locally produce
some of the technology in order to substitute some of the imported
components used in the assembly of the machines for components
produced in Venezuela. In order to do this, the government has built
installations for research and development in order to design the
components inside the same factory.
The company is offering 3 different desktop models and one laptop with
a price range of US$ 405 (Bs. 870,750) to US$ 1,400 (Bs. 3,010,000).
The processors will range in speed from 1.5 GHz to a 3.0 GHz Intel
Pentium IV and the laptop will use a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
processor.
With respect to the operating system, Venezuela has taken a strong
position in favor of open-source software in order to "promote
technological development" and help "reach technological
independence." For this reason the computers will use the open-source
Linux, but the components are also compatible with the Windows
operating system.

 only offer one year."
Di tutta l'operazione questa è quella che mi convince meno.
-- 
      Daniele Giglio      Dona i tuoi cicli di clock alla ricerca!
 
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