On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:07:46 +0100, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> http://www.kommersant.com/gallery.asp?id=849277&pics_id=71309
> http://www.kommersant.com/gallery.asp?id=849277&pics_id=71310
> http://www.kommersant.com/gallery.asp?id=849277&pics_id=71311
> http://www.kommersant.com/gallery.asp?id=849277&pics_id=71312
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>> Alksnis and Ponosov in the front of fighting for Linux
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The Centerâ??s founders hope that due to their assistance the open source
>>| software will provide to the development of the Russian engineering. â??Windows
>>| teaches to move your mouse, while Linux teaches to thinkâ??, - Victor Alksnis
>>| says. â??Linux provides schools with engineering thinkingâ??, - Alexander Ponosov
>>| confirms.
>> `----
>>
>> http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008/02/19/288851
>
> Yeah, yeah.
>
> http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/05/07/248668
>
> -----
> Ponosov recognized pirate
>
> June 07, 2007, Mon 5:07 PM Security
>
> Sepych school Principal Alexander Ponosov was found guilty of Microsoft
> copyright infringement. The decision was taken by the Perm region
> Vereshagino district court. The man has been sentenced to penalty. Mr.
> Ponosov is not content with the court?s verdict and intends to appeal
> the decision. The Prosecutor?s office does not rule out it the
> possibility of filing a cassational appeal.
>
> Alexander Ponosov has been found guilty of violating Part 2 of Article
> 142 of the Russian Criminal Code (copyright infringement). The man will
> be fined at 5 thousand rubles ($200). Mr. Ponosov was initially accused
> of using counterfeit software. The Prosecutor?s office told Mr. Ponosov
> to get rid of it, but nothing was done on behalf of the school to solve
> the problem. A criminal case was initiated against the principal. The
> first hearing took place in January 2007.
>
> Mr. Ponosov told CNews he is not content with the decision and intends
> to appeal it in the nearest 10 days. He considers himself to be not
> guilty. He believes the Prosecutor?s office should take preventative
> rather punitive measures to fight counterfeit software at schools.
>
> Vereshagino district Prosecutor?s office said they were satisfied with
> the verdict, however, do not rule out the possibility of filing a
> cassational appeal. ?In the nearest 5 days the court will provide the
> verdict in written form. We will thoroughly examine it?, Prosecutor?s
> Senior Assistant Natalya Kurdoyakova told CNews. ?Only after shall we
> decide whether or not we will file a cassational appeal?.
>
> Mr Ponosov was also accused of violating part 2 of Article 146 of the
> Russian Criminal Code (Illegal use of objects of copyright or
> neighbouring rights, as well as the acquisition, storage or carriage of
> counterfeited copies of works or phonogram s for the purpose of sale on
> a large scale), as well as Part 3 of Article 146 (Acts stipulated by
> Item two of this Article, if they have been committed: a) repeatedly, b)
> by a group of persons in a preliminary collusion or by an organized
> group c) on an especially large scale; d) by a person with the use of
> his official position).
>
> Moreover, the court has reduced the sum of the damage Mr. Ponosov caused
> to Microsoft. On February 15th the court estimated the damage at 254
> thousand 35 rubles ($9,9 thousand), while this time it said the sum was
> 202 thousand 686 rubles ($7,8 thousand). The court explained it by the
> fact some computers had Microsoft Office 2002 and 2003 installed on
> them.
>
> Alexander Ponosov said the computers at the Sepych school are now
> equipped with legal Microsoft software. As an experiment Linux software
> and OpenOffice packages have been installed on 7 computers. ?We will
> most likely install more open code software?, Mr. Ponosov said. ?The
> main thing is to teach children use computers. OpenOffice is much
> similar to Microsoft?. As to Mr. Ponosov, he uses Linux and Windows on
> his notebook.
> -----
>
> http://www.kommersant.com/p849277/computers_in_schools/
>
> -----
> Feb. 05, 2008
>
> Village School Director Backs Linux
>
> Alexander Ponosov, director of the school in the village of Sepych, Perm
> Territory, who has found guilty of installing pirated Windows software
> in 12 school computers, has changed jobs. He is now engaged in
> popularizing the free Linux operating system, Window's biggest
> competitor, after winning a competition held by the Russian Federal
> Education Agency (Rosobrazovanie) to test Linux in school computers in
> three regions of the country. Ponosov received wide attention after the
> local prosecutor charged him with installing pirated software in school
> computers.
>
> The Vershchaginsky Court in Perm dropped the case against Ponosov on the
> grounds of frivolousness in February 2007, after Russian President
> Vladimir Putin called it ?nonsense.? Former president of the USSR
> Mikhail Gorbachev and Russian Minister of Education Andrey Fursenko also
> expressed their support for Ponosov. In May, however, the prosecutor
> insisted that the case be reopened, and Ponosov was fined 5000 rubles.
> An appeals court upheld that sentence. Ponosov has declared that the
> will take the case to the Russian Supreme Court and European Court of
> Human Rights.
>
> After the Armada Co. won a competition held by Rosobrazovanie to test
> Linux software in Russian schools, Ponosov received several copies of
> the Linux operating system. They were given to him personally by Alexey
> Novodvorsky, deputy general director of ALT Linux, part of Armada.
> Ponosov is not at present an employee of that company, but he is,
> nonetheless, coordinating the installation of Linux software in local
> schools.
>
> www.kommersant.com
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>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080219/wr_nm/russia_microsoft_piracy_dc
>
> -----
> Russian teacher takes on global software giants By Christian Lowe
>
> Tue Feb 19, 12:01 PM ET
>
>
> MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian schoolteacher who became a popular hero
> after he was put on trial for using pirated Microsoft programs has
> launched a campaign against the software giant's global domination.
>
> During his trial, Russian media portrayed Alexander Ponosov as a hero in
> a David-and-Goliath battle against big corporations. Russian President
> Vladimir Putin and ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev spoke out in his
> support.
>
> Ponosov announced on Tuesday he is founding a lobby group whose aim is
> to reduce Russia's dependence on software produced by firms like
> Microsoft and instead promote so-called open-source software.
>
> The junior schoolteacher, who lives in a remote village in the Perm
> region in the Ural mountains, said the domination of big software
> companies was a threat to national security.
>
> "Our dependence on Western proprietary software is a risk for us. We
> are, in effect, losing the independence of this country," Ponosov told a
> news conference.
>
> "To quote (Tsar) Alexander III, Russia has only two allies, its army and
> its navy."
>
> He said the answer was open-source software, where in many cases
> programs are written by thousands of volunteers, the code that lies
> behind the software is in the public domain and no one owns the
> intellectual rights.
>
> Software produced by firms like Microsoft, Oracle Corp. and Apple is
> owned by the companies, which generate huge revenues from selling the
> licenses.
>
> "What would you buy for your child if you want them to grow up to be
> bright -- a pretty toy car or a construction set?" said Ponosov.
>
> "A pretty car that you cannot take apart is like proprietary software.
> The construction set is open-source software."
>
> Ponosov added: "I have not been using Microsoft software on my computer
> at home for more than a year."
>
> The teacher was fined half his monthly wage last year when a local court
> found him guilty of installing unlicensed Microsoft Windows and Office
> software on computers used by pupils at his school.
>
> He said the software was already installed on the computers when they
> were delivered by a sub-contractor, and that he did not know the
> licenses were faked.
>
> Ponosov said his organization, called the Russian Centre for Free
> Technologies, would lobby the Russian parliament to adopt legislation
> encouraging the use of open-source software.
>
> Russia's government has already said it plans to switch schools to
> open-source programs.
>
> Open-source software packages, such as the popular Linux program, have
> become more widespread over the past decade and taken market share away
> from Microsoft. The software giant has said some of the packages violate
> its patents.
>
> (Editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Mary Gabriel)
> -----
>
> regards,
> alexander.
Be careful Alexander because you are going to confuse Roy Schestowitz and
the gang with facts.
They can't handle facts.
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
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