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Re: [News] In the Philippines, Schools Move to Fedora Linux

__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 04 September 2006 09:13 \__

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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 04 September 2006 07:19 \__
>> 
>>> begin  oe_protect.scr
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> More schools take to open source
>>>> 
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| Unlike the first two phases of the program that used the proprietary
>>>>| Windows operating system and Microsoft Office, the computers in phase 3
>>>>| will be bundled with free and open source Fedora Linux and OpenOffice.
>>>>| 
>>>>| "This is the most important milestone," he said, noting that the
>>>>| project went to Lenovo in a public bidding in part because its software
>>>>| costs were so low.
>>>>| 
>>>>| Free and open source software is also increasingly finding its way into
>>>>| state-owned universities and colleges, Lallana said.
>>>> `----
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=interactive01_sept04_2006
>>> 
>>> Umm, 12,000 personal computers...
>> 
>> That's only the start. Think of the program that piloted in Indiana. When
>> success is evident, all future PC's are built using FOSS.
>> 
>> And beginnings are the hardest part, i.e. once you get this experimental
>> set (the one which Microsoft so strongly attacks, e.g. Massachusetts ODF),
>> it has an avalanche effect.
>> 
>> India, Brasil, the Philippines, Denmark, Norway and Germany (among others)
>> have already gone past the point of experimenting with Linux. Linux is the
>> destination and the migration is gradual as it involves skills adaptation.
>> And what better way will you find for adapting skills than by infiltration
>> into education?
> 
> How many societies around the world have been wasting their hard-earned
> cash, cash set aside for their own children, on lining the pockets of a
> foreign company?  It makes no sense at all.

Aye. Let aside factors that affect science and engineering in the West, e.g.
getting haumanity to stick with 32-bit processors and applications because
64-bit is not a finanicially wise route to take. And there is no competition
to enforce improvement either, so the market is bound to one company's
selfish agenda.

Anyhoo...


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