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• Computers and Internet
• Science and Technology
• 04 / 21 / 2010

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Cuban Deputy Minister of Informatics and Communications Boris Moreno said that Cuba is moving towards open source platforms to counteract Washington’s economic blockade.

During the inauguration of the Eleventh International Conference on Information (INFO 2010), Moreno pointed out that the country’s progressive migration to this kind of software aims at guaranteeing national security and technological independence.

He added that Cuba only has satellite internet access because the US blockade prevents it from having access to the numerous optic fiber cables surrounding the island, which would lower costs significantly.

Moreno referred to the creation of Nova, a version of Linux, developed by Havana’s University of Informatics Sciences (UCI), which has already been successfully tested.

He also praised the work of community computer centers and the teaching of computing to disabled people.

The so-called free software or open source platforms allow users to execute, copy, distribute, study, change and improve their content.

INFO 2010 runs through Friday, April 23, at Havana’s Convention Center with the participation of over 500 delegates from 20 countries.

Source: ACN