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How Linux Helped 5 Poverty-Stricken Governments
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| Imagine you are the minister of education of an impoverished country, with a
| limited budget to improve your schooling system. You realize the importance
| of computers in education, and also realize that failing to provide a proper
| IT infrastructure to your country’s youth would have a grave effect on your
| country for generations. You are not aware of such thing called “Open Source”
| what would happen? You would probably end up spending thousands on software
| to equip your school’s computers, and with the budget constraint, you will
| roll out only a fraction of the computers actually needed. This would put you
| in front of two options; either some schools get computers, or cramp 10
| children in front of one computer.
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http://hehe2.net/advocacy/how-linux-helped-5-poverty-stricken-governments/
Yesterday:
Ministry says no as school opts for free software
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| The school is deploying the GNU/Linux operating system, aiming to have free
| software across the board by 2010, and the complete switch to Linux has been
| approved by the MoE, says the school’s principal, Nathan Parker.
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/CACFF37F34DAE410CC2574E00029A68F
NSW considers giving students Linux laptops
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| Jim McAlpine, NSW Secondary Principals' Council president, said sellers could
| look at offering non-proprietary software for the laptops, such as Edubuntu,
| the education version of popular Linux distribution Ubuntu.
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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24490953-15306,00.html
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