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Dear Mr. Obama - Small and Medium Business
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| Universities that receive federal grants and funds should not be
| teaching "software products" in their courses. They should be teaching
| software principles. I believe these software principles are best taught
| through the use of Free Software.
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http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/blogs/paw_prints_writings_of_the_maddog/dear_mr_obama_small_and_medium_business?blogbox
http://tinyurl.com/5vhgax
Clueless shills stand in the way:
Linux - Stop holding our kids back
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| I don't know when you attended college Karen but the Linux of even two years
| ago pales in feature and ability to what there is available now...and that in
| turn will pale in a year's time. linux is superior to MS windows in so many
| ways, they are too numerous to mention here...I am weary of enumerating them.
| Unlike Microsoft who meters their "improvements" and then shovels them to you
| every five years or so for purchase; Linux releases their improvements upon
| their completion.
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http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html
"Linux is a very complete and sophisticated operating system. And there is a
lot of work being done to improve it in and of itself, particularly to make it
easier to use and easier for people to set up on their personal computers."
--Paul Maritz, Microsoft
Recent:
Using Ubuntu Linux at the American International School
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| I gave the following ad hoc presentation at Barcamp Saigon last Saturday.
| Just want to share the presentation with everyone.
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http://www.saigonnezumi.com/2008/11/18/using-ubuntu-linux-at-the-american-international-school/
All Russian Schools to Use Free Software
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| I've often lamented how few schools in the UK use free software, and how
| difficult it is to break the lock that Microsoft has on the entire
| educational system. The pathetic state here is highlighted by contrast with
| Russia, which is making amazing strides in rolling out open source to
| schools.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1423&blogid=14
The kids are all right with Linux
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| Apparently my son’s school spent the summer ripping out the old PC system and
| replacing it with a centralized Linux server and terminals.
|
| Now here’s the real shocking part.
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| No one noticed. There’s not even a mention of it on the school Web site.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2769
Teaching tech to tots: The use of Linux and open source in pre-schools
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| What started as wondering how to contribute to my 5 year old son’s pre-school
| lead to the discovery of some absolutely terrific open source software that
| really aids the educational process. Here’s why even in this Microsoft world
| Linux is the best platform for early childhood education.
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| [...]
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| Yet, there was another option: Ubuntu Linux, rapidly becoming the best known
| Linux distribution available and which specifically has an educational add-on
| called Edubuntu.
|
| [...]
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| If you are a parent or educator, do look into what open source software has
| to offer you, and do so without fear that your child will have difficulties
| transitioning from Microsoft Windows to a Linux environment.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19805/1141/
Related:
Schools across Japan may switch to Linux
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| Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported late last week that the
| Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to introduce
| the open-source operating system Linux for use within classrooms
| across the country in the near future.
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http://gyaku.jp/en/index.php?cmd=contentview&pid=000112
FR: Education Ministry encourages Open Source use
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| The department at the French Ministry of Education that is handling
| purchasing of software and software licenses is increasing its Open Source
| offerings to some 1.5 million teachers and education workers in 250
| institutes France.
|
| [...]
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| The discount agreement with Mandriva is valid for the next four years. How
| many of France's postgraduate schools and universities today use GNU/Linux
| distribution Mandriva is not recorded, said Verez.
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7663/469
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