__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 04 September 2006 07:19 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> More schools take to open source
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>>| 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.
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>> http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=interactive01_sept04_2006
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> 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?
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