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Venezuela Launches Sale of Bolivarian Computers

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:14 AM EDT
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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."

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stevetherobot

This is nice. I have serious reservations about Chavez, but he seems to be the only leader who is doing something to get out from under the economic and cultural hegemony of the developed world. I wish him luck in that endeavor.

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Reply#1 - Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:40 AM EDT
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ignoblus

He's the only one doing it so publicly. Néstor Kirchner, in Argentina, is actually doing a much better job, but he spends more time actually running his country and less time running his mouth.

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#1.1 - Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:35 PM EDT
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djd

He's doing it with a little help from his friends.

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#1.2 - Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:41 PM EDT
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ignoblus

Sure, djd, but doesn't change the fact that Argentina's economy has been outperforming Venezuela's for several years. (Or that problems like corruption seem to have become worse under Chavez.)

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    #1.3 - Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:40 PM EDT
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    djd

    Nice picture of Kirchner and Chávez embracing on that link of yours ignoblus.

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      #1.4 - Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:12 PM EDT
      {"commentId":779320,"authorDomain":"ignoblus"}
      ignoblus

      Didn't stop Kircher from @!$%#ing out Chavez over inviting Ahmadinejad over. And, all in all, Kircher isn't closing down tv stations and blacklisting political opponents. And Argentina's economic gains haven't been fueled by the rising price of oil, either, which means they're probably a lot more stable.

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      #1.5 - Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:34 PM EDT
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      djd

      Funny how not renewing a TV station's license becomes 'closing down tv stations' in your rhetoric. I think you'll find that Venezuela's GDP is stronger outside the oil sector these days.

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        #1.6 - Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:03 PM EDT
        {"commentId":779409,"authorDomain":"ignoblus"}
        ignoblus
        Funny how not renewing a TV station's license becomes 'closing down tv stations' in your rhetoric.

        When it's the only opposition tv station with a national reach, yeah.

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        #1.7 - Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:10 PM EDT
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        djd

        So how did you feel about Colombia closing down its only independent TV station and replacing it with a government one.

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          #1.8 - Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:23 PM EDT
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          ignoblus

          Don't know much about it.

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            #1.9 - Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:47 PM EDT
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            Rebecca Yarowsky

            You go, Hugo! The American press has demonized the man but he's doing a helluva lot more for his people than those dictatorships in Central and South America that the US has been funding for years.

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            Reply#2 - Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:52 AM EDT
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