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[News] At NComputing, 40% Choose GNU/Linux (for Thin Desktops)

  • Subject: [News] At NComputing, 40% Choose GNU/Linux (for Thin Desktops)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:27:45 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Freelance
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Sustainable computing for the masses

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| Dukker says about 40 per cent of NComputing's customers have chosen Linux 
| (the company uses Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora or SuSE) and the remainder have gone 
| with Windows on the host. He is careful to specify that he has no religion 
| when it comes to the operating system - it is entirely the buyer's choice. 
| (Of course, if he were not offering the GNU/Linux option, then he wouldn't 
| have got a run here).     
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17254/1090/


Recent:

Poor nations gain more choices in computing

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| The NComputing system cuts costs tremendously. The cost per child of each 
| NComputing system, for seven users, is $70 each, in a system running at just 
| 1 watt per user.  
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/15/AR2008031502051.html


[Latest SEC filing from Microsoft]

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| A prominent example of open source software is the Linux operating system...
| To the extent open source software gains increasing market acceptance, sales
| of our products may decline, we may have to reduce the prices we charge for
| our products, and revenue and operating margins may consequently decline.
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http://www.  microsoft.com/msft/SEC/default.mspx


Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal

http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205


Related:

Dumb terminals provide smart solution

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| Thin client technology is not new - it has been used widely in banking and 
| sectors which want to avoid placing sensitive information on individual PCs. 
| 
| NComputing has also been deploying its technology in factories where 
| operating conditions are not suitable for ordinary PCs.  
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7115538.stm


Macedonia: A New Sun of Linux Freedom Rises

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| The Republic of Macedonia is one of the poorer nations in southeastern Europe 
| to come from the break-up of the former Yugoslav republic. But thanks to 
| Linux, they do have the wherewithal to get a computer to every student in the 
| country, thanks to a program launched in 2005 known as the "Computer for 
| Every Child" (CEC) project.    
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/newss/6438/1/


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| A batch of 7,000 PCs with Ubuntu Linux have been sent to Macedonian schools, 
| the first of a collection that Ubuntu sponsor Canonical expects will reach 
| 20,000.  
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http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9819344-39.html


All Macedonian students to use Linux desktops

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| NComputing announced this week that its multi-user virtual desktop software 
| and low-cost virtual PC terminals will be used to equip every school child in 
| the Republic of Macedonia, formerly part of Yugoslavia, with a Linux desktop.  
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7546509093.html

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