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Sharjah school dumps high-cost software for open-source applications
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| John Nash, network manager and head of ICT for SIA, said: "This academic
| year, rather than using proprietary software, what we've done is be slightly
| different and use things like the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
| instead of Photoshop, Scribus for desktop publishing and InkScape, which is a
| full, scalable vector graphics program."
|
| He has made very clear that going with open source software was not solely to
| cut costs for the school but an attempt to lower the barrier of entry to IT
| for the students.
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http://www.itp.net/news/520872-sharjah-school-dumps-high-cost-software-for-open-source-applications
Recent:
Open source trumps Microsoft in UK schools
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| MICROSOFT has suffered further set-backs in the UK education sector this week
| after Becta, the government procurement quango, reformed its purchasing
| regime to break the software giant's hold on education, and launched a
| programme to get schools to adopt open source software.
|
| At least three open source software suppliers submitted tenders to Becta
| yesterday for the £270,000 Schools Open Source Project. The winner will spend
| two years building a community of schools which uses and develops its own
| open source alternatives to Microsoft software.
|
| Becta has also specifically called on open source companies to join its £80
| million framework list of certified suppliers of software to schools,
| contracts for which will be awarded in June. The last framework list
| consisted entirely of Microsoft suppliers and drew Becta widespread criticism
| for favouring the convicted monopolist over cheaper, homegrown alternatives.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/21/open-source-trumps-microsoft-uk
School districts serve up lessons in Linux
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| School districts in the US and Canada find Linux and open source offers
| better support, cheaper setup costs, and improved educational value
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;821318543
Schools in Swiss Canton Switch
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| According to this German article, the Swiss canton Geneva is switching to
| Linux and OpenOffice.org for 9,000 computers in education.
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http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/schools_in_swiss_canton_switch
Ubuntu breathes new life into school's abandoned hardware
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| But according to Stefyn, the "huge amount of flexibility" offered by the
| Linux operating system was the primary motive behind its adoption.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=609377314&rid=-219
9000 PCs in Swiss schools going Linux only
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| Beginning this September, all 9000 computers will run only Ubuntu and free
| and open source software. While officials are happy to be saving money on
| licensing, the Department of Public instruction largely made the move out of
| what they considered best practices for student education (please note that
| the translation below is directly from Google Translation; non-French
| speakers should get the idea, though).
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http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1615
Red Hat taps Singapore schools for mindshare
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| Red Hat said it expects to train some 1,000 students under this program by
| 2009.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62039950,00.htm?scid=rss_z_nw
CH: Geneva schools completely switch to Open Source
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| About 70,000 students and their 7,000 teachers in the Geneva school district
| will gradually be moving to Open Source.
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7576/6008
Canadian British Columbia's School District #73 opts for Debian GNU / Linux
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| Kamloops Thompson School District #73, British Columbia, Canada, with 55
| elementary and secondary schools, chose a majority of open source software on
| Debian GNU / Linux as it is easier to maintain and in their experience offers
| better support.
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http://www.techforce.com.br/index.php/news/linux_blog/british_columbian_school_district_73_chose_debian
Deploying KDE to 52 million young people
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| By the end of this year 29,000 labs serving some 32,000,000 students will be
| fully deployed and in active use.
|
| By the end of next year (2009) those numbers will have swelled to 53,000 labs
| serving some 52,000,000 students.
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http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2008/04/deploying-kde-to-52-million-young.html
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