ALT: Linux from Russia
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| Overall, I liked ALT Linux and think it is a respectable offering. It's also
| gratifying to see distributions coming from all corners of the globe. I'd
| like to see people give it a try.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/119106
These are more Linux distributions from Russia and they have begun to be used
more extensively, e.g. in schools, amid a migration.
Related:
2010: Russia's open software market to grow 4-fold
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| Analysts note that Linux vendors are traditionally present on the mobile
| device market. According to forecasts the OS might become the leader in
| the segment accounting for 40% of it by 2010. ?Currently the share of
| mobile devices with Linux OS is not big in Russia as compared to other
| countries, such as China, for instance. However, the producer's policy,
| Nokia in particular testifies to the fact the situation is changing
| for the better", Ms. Karaeva concluded.
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/05/15/249978
Linux-alliance sets free school software in Russia
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| Russian Linux software developers have created an alliance to jointly
| participate in tenders to supply schools with open source software. The total
| number of specialist entering the alliance has exceeded the given number in
| Mandriva and Ubuntu Canonical producer, all in all. In case of successful
| pilot project implementation the open source software is to be installed in
| every Russian school together with Microsoft and other propriety software.
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007%2F08%2F22%2F263432
Open source software gets a chance in Russia
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| CNews found out a pilot open source software project was to be launched in
| the educational institutions in Tomsk Region and Tatarstan. According to the
| Ministry of Communication plans, in case of its successful implementation up
| to the 2009 year end an alternative software package is to be installed in
| all the Russian schools. The main domestic Linux distributors have got
| interested in the pilot project.
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007%2F07%2F26%2F260436
Russian government to finance Linux version for schools
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| Russian Ministry of Finance approved RUR 3 bln financing from state budget
| for software on school computers.
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http://webplanet.ru/english/2007/07/24/russian_soft_en.html
Experiment: first schools install Linux
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| "If the results are positive, the committee will suggest installing
| Linux in all schools", Igor Bazlov added.
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/06/05/253453
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 and Windows in Russian schools
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| I just noticed this blog entry (in Russian) from an advanced Linux
| user, where he offers free help to every teacher (or their boss)
| who'd like to start teaching Linux, and gives a few links to
| other such projects, such as "The winter Linux school for teachers"
| (in Russian) organized by ALTLinux together with a few other
| institutions. A few other projects do exist. Hopefully, such
| projects, together with the "antipiracy" campaign will lead to
| more Linux and open source in Russian schools.
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/archives/070130-080943.html
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
Microsoft accused of ballot stuffing in standards vote
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| The Russian Government has taken a step towards endorsing ODF through an
| e-government program that would mandate use of software that conforms
| to "widely used standards" in all government contracts.
|
| According to the Russian Ministry of Information Technologies and
| Communications "within the project to form an e-government concept in the
| Russian Federation, support of ISO/IEC 26300: 2006 is planned."
|
| The move has been welcomed by the Open Document Format Alliance, which said
| in a statement that Russia is "sending a message worldwide that software
| should be affordable, innovative and accessible, now and for the foreseeable
| future."
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/08/29/microsoft_ooxml_sweeden_rigged_vote/
Second Linux-alliance formation in struggle for schools
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| A competitor to the recently created OS Linux software developers’ alliance
| is to appear in the near future. St. Petersburg Company Linux Ink has
| developed a project within which the domestic open-source community
| participants are suggested to enter an alternative consortium. It is to forge
| active PR-operations and close cooperation with educational institutions, the
| organizers say. They also offer their own development methods for
| Linux-products, which are to be used in Russian schools.
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007%2F08%2F31%2F264502
IBM and ZAO Medit Profi Team Up to Transform Russia's Channel 5
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| Founded on the Linux operating system, Channel 5's solution includes IBM
| WebSphere Portal Enable, IBM System Storage, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
| Extended Edition, and IBM System x servers.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070907/0299109.html
SAP, Red Hat and VDEL to Offer Secure Solutions for Government Sector in Russia
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| "The high level of security built into Red Hat Enterprise Linux is one of the
| many reasons that government departments with high security requirements
| choose Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a basis for their IT infrastructure..."
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070910/20070910006433.html?.v=1
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