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Security fears spark Linux drive in Iran

Thursday, 30 September 2004

Tehran - Iran has become the latest country to edge towards ditching the ubiquitous Microsoft computer operating system in favour of the open-source Linux solution, even if its refusal to abide by copyright laws means that the Islamic republic does not pay a penny to Bill Gates.

Iran's Linux initiative is now three years old, but the idea is beginning to catch on. A Farsi-language Linux "Live CD" - a preview that does not interfere with a computer's hard drive - has just become available in what is the first concrete step to a changeover.

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