Ron Foreman

Venezuela Promotes Microsoft Alternative
- By JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
(03-29) 16:11 PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) –
President Hugo Chavez, long critical of big transnational companies, is promoting free open-source software as an alternative to market-dominating Microsoft Corp.
Venezuela’s science and technology ministry recently held the Latin American Free Software Installation Fair, an event promoting [...]

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Where are the women who could make a credible run for 24 Sussex Drive?
PETER MANSBRIDGE
The U.S. television networks are heavily promoting their new fall series, always a time to place your bets on which ones will last more than a few episodes. It’s a tough business — second chances are rare, and if they don’t [...]

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The Gomery inquiry exposes one of our many human failings, greed. Take the money and run, in this case from the ‘anonymous’ taxpayer. The Conservatives are acting like they will be different. This reminds me of a personal experience from the Mulroney years.
At dinner one evening my wife told me about one of her acquaintances [...]

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