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Communist or not...
...it's up to governments to determine what sort of computer software they want to use on their own systems, like any other institution does. It's not like they're forcing private individuals and businesses (I'm told that there are such things in Vietnam) to follow suit (as far as I know). Now in any Communist dictatorship, official policy may differ from unofficial pressure ("good comrades don't use proprietary software, and we all know what happens to bad comrades"), but that's going to be true no matter what the official policies are (Communist constitutions routinely include the usual civil rights guarantees, but they're also routinely ignored in practice).

In short, what software the government uses is one of the lesser worries of Vietnamese citizens.
Posted by: John L. Ries   Posted on: 01/08/09  (Edited: 01/08/2009 @ 11:12) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Communist or not...  John L. Ries | 01/08/09
What ever the case may be.  kozmcrae | 01/08/09
And?  MisterMiester | 01/08/09
Misreporting  daengbo | 01/09/09
As a conservative and ex-military  jcschweitzer | 01/08/09
I agree  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 01/09/09
Ex Vietnam Vet  wg174020 | 01/12/09
You better shudder...  Linux User 147560 | 01/08/09
Or it could be  GuidingLight | 01/08/09
Unlike the NBM crowd  Linux User 147560 | 01/08/09
Today Vietnam, tomorrow the world?  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 01/09/09
Domino Theory again!  Patanjali | 01/28/09
Chairman Bill will object  Tony Agudo | 01/08/09
Only if they get paid to be involved  Patanjali | 01/28/09
It is their country  GuidingLight | 01/08/09
Are you posting to this article?  IT_User | 01/09/09
That's more what I was expecting  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 01/09/09
In an ideal world, yes.  TripleII | 01/08/09
Do yourself a favor  daengbo | 01/09/09
They just consolidate the links.  TripleII | 01/10/09
Neither do I know how this will end...  KimTjik | 01/08/09
Interesting topic, terrible article  Marcos El Malo | 01/08/09
Not by the word...  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 01/09/09
Not by the word...  jkerr0102@... | 01/09/09
RE: Did Vietnam take open source too far?  tony.willenberg@... | 01/09/09
Don't be a paranoid  fcdenton | 01/10/09
Another flame bait topic . . .  Richmedia | 01/10/09
Examples for the Post Script:  Richmedia | 01/10/09
Maybe they'll do a proper job with it.  peter_erskine@... | 01/11/09
RE: Did Vietnam take open source too far?  olddogv | 01/13/09
How so?  Patanjali | 01/28/09

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