"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Nigerian education selects Intel-powered Classmate PC with Mandriva Linux
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Mandriva today announced that the Nigerian government has selected
> | Intel-powered classmate PCs running on Mandriva Linux for educational
> use in
> | nationwide pilot in Nigeria. Mandriva is working with Intel Corporation
> and
> | Technology Support Center Ltd. to provide 17,000 Intel-powered classmate
> PC.
> | The aim of this project is to improve the quality of technology
> delivered to
> | students, and to help teachers and parents.
> `----
>
> http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/nigerian-education-selects-intel-powered-classmate-pc-with-mandriva-linux
> http://tinyurl.com/36avrs
>
> A friend of mine from Nigeria has just asked me to print him a copy. He
> was
> quite excited although he never used Linux.
And it's unlikely that your Nigerian friend will be using Linux. News just
broke that these 17,000 laptops being shipped to Nigeria will be running
Windows.
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