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Some countries are choosing Linux systems over Microsoft

By JIM KRANE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated 10:00 p.m., Friday, November 30, 2001
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NEW YORK -- For reasons of national security and national pride, government officials in countries such as China, France and Germany are increasingly adopting the free, open-source computer operating system known as Linux.

In some cases, the software being replaced is produced by the Microsoft Corp., which, users