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[News] Russia Says "Pa-ka" to Windows and Embraces GNU/Linux

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Russia To Develop a National Operating System

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| "According to Russian media, the Russian Government is going to develop a 
| National Operating System (Google translation; Russian original) to lower its 
| dependencies on foreign software technology licensing. The Russian plan will 
| base its efforts on Linux and expects a worldwide impact. Microsoft is also 
| involved in the roundtable process that led to the recommendation. The 
| Chinese government successfully lowered its Microsoft licensing costs through 
| an early investment in a national Linux distribution. I wonder if other large 
| markets, such as the European Union, will also develop their own Linux 
| distributions or join in the Russian initiative."        
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http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F23%2F1450224&from=rss

They can hardly bribe Russia to change course. Gerri Elliot, Microsoft's key
anti-Linux dumper, has just quit the company.


Recent:

ALT Linux 4.1.1 Desktop Released

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| Alexey Rusakov announced on January 14th the immediate availability of the
| desktop edition of ALT Linux 4.1.1 DVD, a general purpose GNU/Linux
| distribution designed to be used on workstations, laptops and netbooks.
| Besides the usual bug fixes and improvements, ALT Linux 4.1.1's most
| important feature is the inclusion of an installation DVD ISO image with
| English as the default language. "ALT Linux proudly presents a new release of
| our desktop distribution, ALT Linux 4.1.1 Desktop. [...] We also released a
| separate DVD with English as the default language so that you don't need to
| crawl through cryptic Russian letters on early steps. Happy using!" -
| Alexey Rusakov said in the official release announcement.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/ALT-Linux-4-1-1-Desktop-Released-102103.shtml


Russia to create "National OS" Based on GNU/Linux?

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| Although the proposal is still in its early stages, the attractiveness of the
| proprosal to a government keen to assert its independence at all levels is
| obvious. It will be interesting to see how this develops.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/01/russia-to-create-national-os-based-on.html


The Russian schools Linux pilot goes nationwide

http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/06/30/the-russian-schools-linux-pilot-goes-nationwide/


Open source tour of Europe: Russia

http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/06/11/open-source-tour-of-europe-russia/


Moscow regional government to migrate to Open Source desktop

http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7635/469


Russians Say Nyet To Windows, But Da To Linux

http://www.bloggernews.net/115636


Open Source Government: Several notes on the Russian Free Software
Development Concept

http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/04/24/open-source-government-several-notes-on-the-russian-free-software-development-concept/


Linux Ubuntu PCs set for sale in Russia

http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008/04/23/298333


Linux being launched at schools

http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/10/25/272200


Russian Postal Service Wears Red Hat

http://www.hellmail.co.uk/postalnews/templates/postal_global_news.asp?articleid=402&zoneid=11


IBM to offer Linux machines

http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/29500/IBM-to-offer-Linux-machines


OpenReferent - a New Open Source Challenge to Microsoft Desktop
Software

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb823104.htm


Open Source Market: FOSS getting hot in Russia

http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/


Related:

2010: Russia's open software market to grow 4-fold

http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/05/15/249978


Mandriva Linux selected as "Product of the Year 2007" at the Russian
Softool event

http://www.linuxlookup.com/2007/nov/19/mandriva_linux_selected_as_product_of_the_year_2007_at_the_russian_softool_event


Russian public agencies choose Mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr/russian_public_agencies_choose_mandriva


Russian Government Will Migrate to OpenSource

http://danays.blogspot.com/2006/12/russian-government-will-migrate-to.html


Russian schools abandon Windows after piracy scare

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37460


Linux Education in America: Inspiration from Russia?

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/93171/index.html


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

http://www.itrportal.com/absolutenm/templates/article-docsoft.aspx?articleid=4410&zoneid=57


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

http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007%2F09%2F14%2F266177


Linux being launched at schools

http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/10/25/272200
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