__/ [ High Plains Thumper ] on Wednesday 06 September 2006 09:54 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> CICT to deploy Linux on 1,200 schools
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>> | What wasn't included on those two articles though is how much Linux
>> | presence will rise when the plan pushes through to its fullest. Looking
>> | at the Department of Education's factsheet on RP education, it says
>> | that there are about 4,769 public high schools as of the 2004-2005
>> | school year. With a target of 1,200 public high schools, that
>> | potentially means one out of four public high schools will use FOSS in
>> | their daily computing activities, and of course, their curriculum.
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http://www.uplug.org/wordpress/2006/09/05/cict-to-deploy-linux-on-1200-schools/
>>
>> Linux adoption has become an reminiscent of the 'avalanche effect'. Its
>> pace is accelerating. But, hey, Microsoft doesn't care about installed
>> based. It continues to intimidate OEM's in order to flaunt "market share"
>> and confuse (disinform) people.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Installed_base
>
> No wonder, to them a sale is marked by the new PC tax enforced on Major
> builders, whether or not owner in return replaces with another OS.
I forgot to mention that it not only confuses the customer, whether a
business or a home user. It also confuses developers who, in turn, might
choose not to port their game/program to GNU/Linux. It's a chicken and egg
situation and Microsoft is, as you said, a fox that's guarding the henhouse.
Best wishes,
Roy
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