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[News] More Reasons Given for Russians to Use Linux and Free Software

  • Subject: [News] More Reasons Given for Russians to Use Linux and Free Software
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:36:48 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Russia Casts A Selective Net in Piracy Crackdown

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| The newspaper Novaya Gazeta, one of the last outposts of critical journalism 
| in Russia, suspended publication of its regional edition in the southern city 
| of Samara on Monday after prosecutors opened a criminal case against its 
| editor, alleging that his publication used unlicensed software.   
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111302070_pf.html


Related:

Russian Linux (ALTLinux) to be installed in every school in Russia

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| Russian OS is to be installed on every school computer in Russia by 2009. 
| Furthermore, every pupil will get the opportunity to operate the applied 
| software produced in Russia, Leonid Reiman, acting Minister of Communication 
| stated at a press conference. According to Mr. Reiman, that might 
| significantly reduce Russian dependence on foreign software.    
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007%2F09%2F14%2F266177


Linux being launched at schools

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| Besides the operating system the package is to comprise some freely 
| distributed programs, close to MS Office by their functionality, which are to 
| be used on computers with the following characteristics: 233 MHz and 128MB 
| DDR.   
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/10/25/272200


Russian public agencies choose Mandriva

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| Mandriva development is carried out jointly by Mandriva's offices in Russia, 
| France and Brazil. The Mandriva Linux OS is thus considered a national OS for 
| Russia. The decision of FSTEC of the Russian Federation (RF) implied that 
| Russian public agencies will be authorised to use the Mandriva Linux OS on 
| PCs running confidential information.    
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http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr/russian_public_agencies_choose_mandriva


Russian Government Will Migrate to OpenSource

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| Russia decided to follow after EU countries, where opensource
| solutions are more spread then in Russia. Currently, some Russian
| companies can offer their own Desktop Linux OS (the major companies
| are ASPLinux, ALTLinux, Linux-Online and LinuxCenter).
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http://danays.blogspot.com/2006/12/russian-government-will-migrate-to.html


Russian schools abandon Windows after piracy scare 

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| Microsoft says that the incident has nothing to do with them, but it 
| appears that Russian schools in the area are so scared about being shipped 
| off to a Siberian Gulag, that they are buying Linux gear instead.
| 
| [..]
| 
| According to Karpushin, schools would start using freely distributed
| software like the Linux OS, Russky office and Open office desktop apps,
| Ekho Moskvi reports.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37460


Linux Education in America: Inspiration from Russia?

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| The reason that the Russian announcement is funny boils down to the 
| perception over the years that Russia equates to totalitarianism, whilst here 
| in America we're all about Freedom and innovation. Yet our educational 
| system -- the very underpinnings of how we're growing out future 
| technological talent, is based upon the inversion of what one would expect 
| given the respective reputations of both countries.     
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/93171/index.html


Russia is latest country to move towards OpenDocument format and open standards  

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| The stated rationale for this legislation is that “open standards will 
| contribute to an increased number of bidders for government contracts and 
| will increase opportunities for Russian software developers... [and] the 
| problem of interoperability will be addressed as will the ability to access 
| information into the future.”    
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http://www.itrportal.com/absolutenm/templates/article-docsoft.aspx?articleid=4410&zoneid=57

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