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Re:Microsoft to Deliver Microsoft Cloud from Datacenters in ... by alnitak on Thursday May 18, 2017 @12:26PM (#14368580)
Out of all the African countries, why Rwanda?
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Re:Microsoft to Deliver Microsoft Cloud from Datacenters in ... by camperman on Thursday May 18, 2017 @01:14PM (#14369040)
It's criss-crossed with fiber, the ICT policy is very open and the leadership friendly. Also it's a small country.
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Re:Microsoft to Deliver Microsoft Cloud from Datacenters in ... by Maarten88 on Thursday May 18, 2017 @02:01PM (#14369508)
And landlocked, no natural resources, just a lot of people, so they need to export something to get foreign currency. IT is ideal so they are educating for that.

Also safe and not corrupt. Can't bribe yourself out of a speeding ticket there...

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Re:Microsoft to Deliver Microsoft Cloud from Datacenters in ... by krzyk on Thursday May 18, 2017 @03:13PM (#14370176)
When I hear Rwanda I can't thinking the genocide that happened there only 23 years ago. Has it changed so much since those days?
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Re:Microsoft to Deliver Microsoft Cloud from Datacenters in ... by skc on Friday May 19, 2017 @04:46AM (#14373860)
It's completely unrecognizable.

They've made incredible strides.

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