Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Kerala logs Microsoft out
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | After the cola ban, it is now the turn of Microsoft to log out of
> | Kerala. Children in 12,500 high schools in the state, India?s most
> | literate, will not be taught Windows. Instead, instructors are lining up
> | Linux for them. This is because Kerala has chalked out a plan for
> | migrating its high school students to free software platforms in three
> | years.
> `----
>
> http://azharttm.blogspot.com/2006/08/kerala-logs-microsoft-out.html
>
> The whole of Kerala is moving to FLOSS. I believe the population size is
> 31 million, IIRC.
That is an interesting spin and a reply to troll takes that there are no
serious substantial Linux installations. If each high school has a
computer lab with 20 PC's, 12,500 schools x 20 = 250,000 PC's. This is not
including PC's in school administration offices. If say, each office uses
a PC for principal, vice principal, counsellor and secretary each, that
adds 50,000 PC's. 300,000 PC's are a considerable number.
Article states,
| In the current year, class VIII students have shifted to Linux. By 2007,
| class XI students and by 2008 class X students will follow suit.
That works out to roughly 83,000 PC's per year.
Article further states,
| Linux PC dealers are upbeat. âOffers of pre-loaded Linux operating
| system could fetch good hardware sales margins,â says PK Harikrishnan,
| president, Kerala Computer Manufacturersâ and Dealersâ Association.
| There are other reasons as well. A sting operation by Microsoft in
| October 2005 had not endeared the proprietary software to PC and
| peripherals dealers. Often PC vendors are caught between customersâ
| demand for free pirated software along with hardware, and the fine
| print of law. Some dealers in Kerala even see the Foss market as a
| narrow, but a safe corridor out of this mess.
Since schools are embracing Linux makes it easier for dealers to sell PC's
preloaded with Linux, since student will be able to work on same OS at home
as at school.
I see changes seriously shaping up in the world. Linux installations are
taking root in China, India, Latin American countries such as Mexico,
Brazil, Argentina and Peru, European countries such as Belgium embracing
Open Document Standard, Singapore adopting Open Office.
Here is something revealing:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2912826823.html
| LinuxWorld expanding to Spain, Poland in 2006
| Nov. 08, 2005
|
| IDG World Expo and analyst firm IDC will launch LinuxWorld Summits in
| Poland and Spain in 2006, bringing the total number of LinuxWorld
| events to 22 per year, in 19 countries. Both new events are scheduled
| for next spring, with actual dates to be announced soon.
|
| Not surprisingly, the new LinuxWorld events are projected to be the
| largest dedicated open source events in both Poland and Spain.
|
| "Linux is already well entrenched amongst end users and business in
| Poland and Spain," said Bianca W. Bruhn, vice president of IDC's
| Conferences Group. "The event will create a unique opportunity for
| end users and developers to learn from industry leaders in this market."
|
| LinuxWorld is exclusively focused on Linux and open source solutions.
| The conference is already produced in the US (two events), Canada,
| Mexico, Brazil, Japan (two events), China (two events), Singapore,
| Malaysia, South Korea, Australia, the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Russia,
| Italy, Sweden, and South Africa.
There is a growing worldwide interest. We also mustn't forget US' Indiana
State Schools embracing Linux.
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HPT
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