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All schools In Denmark switching to Linux
Someone who can read Danish writes "According to this story
(in Danish) Denmark has taken the first steps to start using Linux and Staroffice in all schools (1.1 million students).
Sun has agreed to provide Staroffice for free, or on
a CD-ROM for 10 Danish crowns ($1.5)."
That's absurd! There aren't even that many kings in Denmark!
I can only speak COBOL, and that badly. I don't even know what danish is. Is it like VB?
I work as a Network Engineer in a state-run university in Pennsylvania. The new Microsoft lisence terms (a.k.a. software rental)are beginning to cause major worry in a 2500-plus seat environment where old versions running on ancient comptuers allow us to get by. The concept of moving to a StarOffice or other productivity suit us now (an a year ago unthinkable) being seriously considered.
Ryan Dorman, CCNA Network Communications Specialist Millersville Univesrity
Time for Gates to say "there's something rotten in Denmark" and get on the plane.
how come these articles never seem to have any follow-up? do they stay with linux or give up after a year?
but as the US has consistently proved in the past decade and still not caught on to is that they're not the center of the universe. The loss of Microsoft's power will not be starting in the States, but rather in the countries with the good of the nation rather than the economy on their minds. UNIX has been a staple of Computer Science since the 70s (pre-70s i'd be hard pressed to consider anything on the frontier known as computers as a staple), and IMHO has a good number of decades left in it.
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The article speaks mostly about Sun's StarOffice and how students will be offered it, not that every school will switch to Linux...
I'll leave translation to someone who has stronger danish skills than me though.
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I've started to question the authenticity of some slashdot stories recently, especially after things like this. If the editors don't read stories posted in our own language... Anyone out there want to verify this?
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Isn't this what Microsoft has been repeatedly accused of? They the first hit free, get them addicted, and tie them into the costly upgrade path. While I like seeing more people using Linux and Open Source software in general (not the smallest reason being that, as a contributor of (small) projects to the community, I feel like a part of everyone's work is making it out there to the masses), I wonder if Sun intends to some day change its mind about OSS/FS when StarOffice has become ubiquitous.
A solution to the problem with music today
Free software for school use
By Keld Louie Pedersen
Denmark's 1.1 million students and teachers can now turn their backs to Microsoft corporation. At least when it comes to office software.
A deal between the Silicon Valley company Sun Microsystems Incorporated and UNI-C means that the country's students and teachers can download the office program StarOffice 6.0 from Sun at no cost and freely install it on their home computer. Alternately, they can buy it on CD-ROM at cost, 10 kroners per CD. The schools can buy StarOFfice in packages of 50.
Sun has made the deal with UNI-C according to the guidelines announced by education minister Ulla Toernaes (Left Party) on October 30th, on how educational institutions should act when offered free office software. Amongst the requirements are that such software donations are without cost for the state, and that UNI-C Denmark's information technology center should be responsible for distributing licenses.
UNI-C's expenses are covered by the 10 kroner the distribution of CD-ROMs brings. Sun makes a server with the free Linux operating system available for those students and teachers who want to download StarOffice 6.0.
"UNI-C exists to help the Danish educational world, so we're naturally very pleased to be able to distribute this type of initiative from Sun", says Dorte Olesen, director of UNI-C.
The world's undisputedly most wide-spread office system is Microsoft Office, although this does not exist in a version that can be used on computers with Linux as the operating system.
Because of Microsoft's dominance in both office and operating systems, several government institutions are working on creating alternatives, primarily the combination of Linux and StarOffice.
If all 1.1 million students and teachers make use of the offer, the total value will, according to Sun Microsystems, be around 200 million kroners.
--Joakim Ziegler
The GPL firmly kills any chances of a bait and switch. If SUN tried to tighten the screws they could switch to open office...
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Anyone interested in doing something along these lines, and avoiding M$'s protection racket ("y'know, for a few dollars a year per station, I could make sure that you don't get hassled by software license audits"), should check out k12ltsp.org. With corporate donation programs starting to pass along some decent hardware to schools, a kick-ass lab can be had for just the cost of the networking infrastructure.
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& for many years they've been switching to Windows more 'n more.
you've got it mixed up. Sun is offering free/costofmedia StarOffice, and all danish schools will be supporting the use of StarOffice, allowing students and teachers to switch linux. Certainly the schools' infastructure will be supported by linux, however the distribution of the students and teachers is certainly going to be in the OSS tradition of "whatever you prefer".
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Sun is making StarOffice available free for Danish schools--that's pretty much all the story is. Not really news since Sun has been promoting StarOffice pretty widely. The schools are under no obligation to use StarOffice, and it sounds like there is no Linux involved at all (except the server from which you can download StarOffice)--it might all be StarOffice for Windows that is being talked about here.
Only if you are doing purely vocational education. If you are really trying to educate people on how to use computers, it's best that they learn that "how Microsoft does things" is not synonymous with "how computers work."
An agreement between silicon Valley based Sun Microsystems and UNI-C has resulted in a free available download of office suite 6.0 for all school pupils, teaches and students in general.
Alternatively they can buy the program at cost , 10kr per unit. Schools can buy them in quantities of 50.
Sun has made and agreement with UNI-C following the guidelines, that Secretary of Education Ulla Tørnæs (Liberal Party) published on October 30'th, for how educational institutions heeds to act when offered free office suites. One of the requirement is that like offerings impose no cost on the government and the UNI-C IT-Center for research and Education handles the distribution. UNI-C covers its cost thru the 10kr charge for the physical CD-Rom. Sun provides a server with the free Linux OS installed for the students and the teachers that wishes to download StarOffice 6.0.. UNI-C mission in life is to help the Danish educational area, so we are delighted to act as a go between for such an offering from Sun, states Dorte Olesen, Managing Director. for UNI-C.
The worlds undisputed leader in office systems is Microsoft's Office, that does exist in a version that runs on the Linux OS.
Due to Microsoft's dominant position of the Office productivity domain as well as the underlying OS is causing more and more public institutions to seek out alternatives. Primary the combination Linux and StarOffice.
If all 1.1 million students , teachers uses the offering the combined value of the gift from Sun Microsystems will be around 200 million kroner.
Help fight continental drift.
"Sun has agreed to provide Staroffice for free, or on a CD-ROM for 10 Danish crowns ($1.5)."
Wow...1.1 million kids are going to have to share one CD-Rom? Anybody have a couple hundred CD-R drives ready?
In a stunning speech a few hours ago, President George Bush declared Denmark a "den of malcontents and terrorists". And announcing to the UN in an emergency security session the need to: "bomb the hell out of them" for obvious stockpiling weapons of mass destruction and denying their people American software, goods and services.
Denmark, whose main exports include those silly little wooden shoes and tulips, was unavailable for comment.
In other news, Microsoft led a resounding stock rally.
For free software to skolebrug From KELD LOUIE PEDERSEN Denmark 11, millions skoleelever , students and teachers can be actually turn Microsoft Corporation the back. At least at a pinch kontorprogrammer. A agreement between Silicon Valley - the activity Sun Micrososystems Inc and UNI C implies , that country skoleelever , students and teachers for free can be downloads kontorprogrammet StarOffice 60 from Sun and freely put in that at their hjemmecomputer. Alternatively can be they purchase that at a CD ROM to absolute cost price : kr. a piece The schools can be purchase StarOffice to boxes à 50 piece. Sun has making the agreement by UNI C after they guideline , that undervisningsminister Ulla Tørnæs V ) published the 30. october by , how uddannelsesinstitutioner shall relationships themselves , catching they become quotation for free kontorprogrammer. Amid the demands is , that such softwaredonationer is all expenses paid by the commonwealth , and that UNI C Denmark IT - center by research and degree shall stand by the distribution from licenses. UNI C gets his spending overlayed via they kr , that the distribution from CD - Roman producing. Sun sets a servercomputer by that for free Linux oprativsystem at the disposal of they skoleelever , students and teachers , there hope that downloads StarOffice 60. UNI C is why to to be of use the danish uddannelsesverden , so vi is naturally pleased to could morning a such specifically initiative from Sun , says Dorte Olesen adm. dir by UNI C. Universe unconditionally best widespread kontorsystem is Microsoft Officer , there however no exist to a version , so that applies to the computer by Linux that executive program. On account of Microsofts dominans in såvel bureau - that the executive program works settled several public authorities at that give rise to alternatives primary the combination Linux and StarOffice. Of which all 11, millions skoleelever , students and teachers using themselves from the quotation , bishop the collected asset according to Sun Microsystems up to ca. 200 millions features. louiedk@jpdk
You tried your best, & you failed miserably,
The lesson is:
Never Try
There are all sorts of reasons to use Linux in schools. One being the Thin client model found at K 12 Linux.
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
If students can learn an office suite and desktop environment like Mandrake, or Redhat, and they can't apply these skills to Windows, they don't deserve to graduate. Students taught on a Mac manage to transfer their skills to other computers with a day or so of orientation, so why do you expect Linux will be much harder? You do know it's not all command-line based, right? There are applications other than grep and vim.
Perhaps they'll be addicted to system stability and being able to move documents between programs... It might be hard to go back after that.
This is something that needs to happen on a larger scale here in the U.S. If Sun were smart, they'd provide obscenely cheap and even easier to install distributions for schools, churches, charities and students. Not that its not already out there - but I'm talking about some slick ad campaigns, seminars, tutorials and all sorts of stuff that would encourage the non /.'r to get out there and get it installed.
Yeah, Apple has been trying to do this for years with their education program. Then again, they're not offering obscenely cheap software that is easy to install on donated Pentium III's.
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Actually, if you read the translation you'll find that it's actually just Sun willing to provide StarOffice free of charge to any school that wants it.
Linux is given away for free, too, but that doesn't mean all schools in Denmark will use it, too.
I know, I know, a Danish is a breakfast pastry, right? (sense 2: light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese) Dutch is where each person pays for their own food.
Don't take the errors personally, (we) Americans are pretty clueless what goes on abroad, and at home (have you heard of the Pennsylvania "Dutch"?). A surprising number can't name the President, or explain the Supreme Court's interpretation of the 11th amendment. On the other hand, let me ask *you* a few questions about American, Mr. Resident Alien..... Yes, you probably know more than I do, don't show off. And it's pretty darn inconsiderate that Dutch doesn't sound at all like "Holland" or "The Netherlands," but does sound a lot like "Deutsch."
I've at least visited the Netherlands and thought Copenhagen was great! (A joke! Really!)
When you live in a country that's big enough to confuse you, you're less likely to look abroad for additional confusion.
No one should be taking a class in 'Word', they should be taking a class in how to put ideas together to make a coherent whole.
What they *use* to do that is immaterial.
It does not mention anything about schools switching to Linux.
a ^= b; b ^= a; a ^= b;
Don't get me wrong the LTSP stuff is great but to hard to manage in my experience. If you wish to deploy the linux desktop load a bare minimum install to the client (yes that means you need a drive in the machine). Use a redhat kickstart to install the clients. The kickstart install should replace the inittab with one pointing x windows at your terminal server. Most all refurb and currently installed clients have drives anyhow. Now on the server the only thing to do is turn on XDM and you have a full up system
LTSP requires a ton of configuration and requires boot rom's and nfs to mount root drives. This is to many pieces and parts to fail. I run hundred's of clients in this fashion and it requires darn near 0 effort to maintain by the sysadmin.
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If ony something like this were to happen here in Slovenia, where schools seem to be owned by Microsoft.
Even people graduating from CS hardly konw Linux even exists. And those who do, usually drop out of college during first 2 years. That's what I did...
The students are learning math, history, language, science, the arts and not computational skills. The very best interface would more probably be similar to an ATM or airport info terminal than a typical desktop. Window's popularity is irrelevant here except to all but vocational students training for office support. My guess is that, Denmark being a prosperous and educated country, most kids learn Windows proficiency at home.
Look, I work at a school that has converted itself to Open/Staroffice. I just love the way some people assume that no one can change the way they do things anymore or that if they have to, there must be a financial reason behind it. If the past is any indication of the future - there's a hell of a lot more change coming.
Case in point: One of the arguments made against using Open/StarOffice here was this very thing - that everyone would have to learn something new. A few of the teachers were concerned about our conversion to Open/StarOffice; this was my basic response:
1) Yep. That's what we do - we learn new things here at school. You expect the students to learn new things. Well, once in a while, the teachers must adjust also.
2) This is hardly the first time (and probably won't be the last time) that we have changed office-type software. As I had only been at the school one year prior to this, I did some checking.
Before using Office 97, they were using 95. Before that, some were using Word for DOS, some Works. Before that, Wordperfect. Before that, XYwrite and Visicalc. Etc. Change is inevitable.
The big difference here is that there's a lot more in common between Open/StarOffice and MS Office than MS Office and say, the Wordperfect suite. Sometimes, I think that people that slam on the usability and 'retraining' costs, haven't bothered TRYING it themselves! It's not that hard folks, really.
3) Standardizing on Open/StarOffice lets us give a FREE copy of Openoffice.org to every student, every teacher, every parent (should they want it). Truly a win/win situation here! No more BS with students showing up with a paper they typed at home and not being able to open it at school.
4) Which teacher would like to give up his/her position to enable us to afford licensing for Office XP (yes, I was serious!)
For us. the REAL question was - can the replacement software do EVERYTHING the last one could - at least for what we use it for? For the teachers and students the answer was a definate 'yes'.
I won't even get into the biggest advantage of all. Being able to use a cross-platform office suite means having the ability to GO cross-platform at some future date. Whether we do or not will depend on Microsoft.
"...Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam..."
Penn State and Pitt are "semi-private" Commonwealth affiliated institutions. They get interesting tax status, charge in-state students less, and get some Commonwealth funding.
Then there are the more traditional state colleges: Lock Haven, IUP, Shippensburg(??), etc.
Huh? Where is the connection between Redhat and StarOffice?
StarOffice is made by Sun and it is available for Windows too. My guess is that the vast majority of the StarOffice installations will be on Windows, since that is what most people use here (yes, I'm from Denmark).
This is still very cool though. It will make a lot of people familiar with StarOffice instead of MS Office.
Computers are computers. The OS/UI the kids will be using in their future careers won't be like current Windows anyway. Our current systems aren't too close to MS/DOS educational PCs that were around when we were kids, or even C64s -- was that the one with the "turtle" drawing game using angles and distances?
Besides, getting the kids on a system that is more nuts-and-bolts and open is better for their CS education anyway. C'mon, they can roll their own kernel.
that's some of the dumbest FUD I've heard in a long time. Germany's bundestag switched, brazil certainly loves the penguin, and denmark switched their schools. So where do you get off saying that the US is the only way to get things to change? Just because the US was the leader in the 1950-2000 era certainly does not mean that the change won't come from abroad. It's that kind of ignorance and defeatism that hinders the progress and adoption of the OSS community.
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I suggest that everyone intrested in alternate office suites check out OpenOffice which is like StarOffice without the fat. I have used MS Office products for the last 8 years almost exclusively and I can honestly say that OpenOffice is ready for the needs 99%+ of MS Office users. I am already using features in OpenOffice like Cross-Referencing and automated indexing that I never figured out in Word (if they exist, which they probably do.)
I started my first real project with it 2 days ago (which is documentation for a program I wrote) and everything is moving quite smoothly.
Overall, it is both Free and highly recommended by me. If you want to ditch office please look at OpenOffice!
Hi,
I'm from Denmark, I can read the article, so I figured I'd clear up a few things:
An entity, which is called UNI-C, has reached an agreement with Sun Microsystems about distribution of their StarOffice package. Schools, teachers and students will be able to get the software for free if they download it (from a linux server, running on the danish school network known as Sektornet) or for a fee of ~ $1.50 on a CD.
UNI-C is a semigovermental entity, that does networking for the public school system and the universities, hosts the DIX (Danish Internet eXchange) and things like that. Danish law says, that for a public school to accept free software, the software must be of no expense to the state, and its ditribution must be handled by UNI-C.
So, in conclusion, no, every school in Denmark is not switching to Linux. They may switch to StarOffice, on some platform.
But hey, it's a step in the right direction...
Oh, and merry x-mas everyone.
Bo
Really? I have not used openoffice for very long yet, (only several hours of word processing) but it has been 100% solid so far.
In a full press release made available shortly after President Bush's recent speech attacking Denmark, the Administration outlined suspicions linking the Lego Corporation of Denmark to Al Quaida and the attack on the World Trade Centre.
Apparently, the attack was planned using a 43,000 lego brick scale model of the two towers. The Administration suspects direct involvement by Lego Corporation's scaled modelling experts and has now declared Lego products a Weapon of Mass (Modelling) Destruction. The Administration is now compiling a list of all people who have made substantial Lego purchases in the last few week and will be immediately calling them in for questioning and possible detention over the next few days.
I'm another one. :-)
Unselfish actions pay back better
Besides, this is about business not politics. And Europe alone is a much bigger market than the US. And then we're not even talking about India. Billy didn't go there for fun.
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While individuals and small installations may go back to Windows, I suspect that for most large installations, the cost advantages and reliability of Linux are so compelling that they tend to stay with it.
More info about Uni-C (in English):
http://www.uni-c.dk/generelt/english/index.html
- Peter Brodersen; professional nerd
That you don't understand any language besides english?
I don't think this is true exactly. Sun is the copyright holder, they can distribute the software on any terms that they wish. I think that's why they can link Open-office with closed-source libraries like the template code and other extras and sell it as StarOffice.
It's only fair though. Sun bought the star-office code for a lot of money and released it GPL. They didn't have to do that, but they did. They also put quite a few developers and other resources into managing the resulting open-office.
Just as with Mozilla and AOL, I'm sure a large part of the work going into open office today is still on Suns dime.
If Sun wanted to tighten the screws as you said, all they'd have to do is remove some of the developers that they have on OO and put them on StarOffice only code; although I don't think they have any reason to do that.
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Microsoft Works is not an abortion, it's an oxymoron
Like 'Taped live', 'Military Intelligence', 'Tax Return' or 'Government Organisation'
OXYMORON n.: A rhetorical figure in which an epigrammatic effect is created by the conjunction of incongruous or contradictory terms
More oxymorons here and here (and I'm sure you can search google for more.
P.S. Could someone please explain what 'Commonwealth affiliated' means in one of the replies above, for the benefit of us UK folk, to whom 'Commonwealth' means something probably quite different.
What is really bad is MS-Word file format support. When I have OO Writer file of 100K and export it to MS Word doc format I get 20M. That export has certainly a bug somewhere.
Less is more !
"Sun has agreed to provide Staroffice for free, or on a CD-ROM for 10 Danish crowns ($1.5)."
And how, exactly, is this dumping any different than the tactics Microsoft uses?
It points out both that MS Office doesn't run on Linux (why would it be relevant that StarOffice runs on Linux unless they're considering moving to Linux?)
And in the next paragraph it says that several public institutions are working to move from MS products (Windows/Office), primarily to Linux/StarOffice.
What it all leads up to is that this application is ready to move to Linux. Of course that doesn't mean that other software might hold them back on Windows.
Kjella
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Slashdot.
Oil is expensive, but not nearly as expensive as the cost of invasion. Or war. Saving several million, or even several hundred million, doesn't stand up to the billions of greenbacks that a war with Iraq would require.
A stupid move on Bush's part? Yes. Done for shady reasons with crappy motivations? Yes. Are oil prices part of that motivation? Not really.
The US doesn't get that much of its oil from Iraq. It's not like there aren't other members of OPEC willing to sell to us. Or Texas, for that matter.
You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)
How about so one large entity (schools/gov't org) can count on full support from another org (Sun)? Such organizations are not the type of entity that will populate mailing lists or newsgroups seeking support, they want a single source that is certain to deal with any problem they have right now.
This isn't a dig at openoffice, it is simply a fact that the openoffice people are not setup for providing support the same way that Sun is. This fact is one of the reasons that the corporation that is RedHat is the biggest and most successful linux distro to date because they are a single corporate entity that will support their product faster and better than a newsgroup can (or mailing list). These common free means of support are fine for individuals but don't cut it for corporations or government entities.
Sun and Staroffice were the right choice in this, given the requirements. Besides, large entities supporting Staroffice are by default also supporting Openoffice as they are fully compatible with each other. The important thing, the KEY thing, is that something other than M$ Office is being adopted in a big way and this will continue. The growth of corporations and governments adopting Staroffice also supports openoffice. It is win-win.
In Bushworld, they struggle to keep church and state separate in Iraq as they increasingly merge the two in America.
And what's wrong with 30+ year old technology? Why the hell are we using "DVD"s when we should be using videotapes?? CD's? Screw that. I want records. Anti-lock brakes and fuel injectors in cars? No way. I want 2 drum brakes and a carbureator. What's with this "progress" thing, anyway? Computers shouldn't be any easier to use. They should be just as difficult as they were in the 1970's. After all, that's what technology is all about. Not changing. Not progressing. Now damn it, where's my reel to reel tape drive and my 300 baud modem?
In an office there is a staff of geeks to keep the PCs running. All the vast majority of office drones need to kow is how to type (a useful skill if you can do it properly), and select text and click on a button to make it bold, pink or whatever, then click on the print or send button. That's all most people who use Windows and Office really use it for; and if you're doing it on Windows, Linux or Mac it doesn't take more than a few hours to "switch" to whatever.
Ten years ago there was a huge variety of apps used -- for Word processing most used DOS and Wordperfect, or Word (DOS or Mac) or IBM Displaywrite or Wordstar, (we even had an antique CPM machine with Wordstar). Are people now so much more stupid than then that they'll go into shock if there isn't a start menu and a paperclip to tell them what to do? Give people credit for having brains -- it's not the specifics of each application schools should be teaching anyway. When today's kids go to work in five or ten years how much will MS stuff have changed?
There aren't even that many kings in Denmark!
Aside from the joke...
The term "crown" referring to a monetary unit comes from the fact that some old coins had a bas-relief crown stamped into them. It's analogous to the term "Benjamin" referring to a 100 USD note, which carries a picture of Benjamin Franklin.
Will I retire or break 10K?
Even the American kids jump in, out of genuine protest (over what? aren't we plundering the world for their benefit
Just so's you know, Americans are aware that other people, especially Europeans, often raise an eyebrow at us. Out of politeness due a senile ancestor, we rarely mention how impressed we are by this.
Shame on them.
1.1 million students
Wow. I didn't realize Denmark was so small. Here in the US, cities like Chicago, LA, and New York probably have that many students in their school districts. I wonder if any of them would consider switching to Linux? It would save them a ton of money if they had good Linux administrators.
"Slightly OT, but I sometimes wonder if Americans (USA) realize just how many people outside of their country look to America (USA) with a growing distaste. Oops, mod -1 unamerikan."
there's a growing sentiment of that inside the US too. I, for one, would like to move to Canada sometime in the next decade...
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The article does not claim that the schools are switching. It only says that staroffice will be available for download. Here is a quick translation with a few typos
Free software for school use
Denmarks 1,1 million school pupils, students and teacher can now turn to back to microsoft. At least with respect to office programs.
A deal between the silicon valley company Sun Micrososystems Incorporated and UNI-C causes that all the school pupils, students and teachers can download the office program Startoffice for free and install it on their home computwer. Alternatively they can buy it on a CD-ROM for the price of frabrication: 10 kr per CD (This is about 1 $). The schools can buy staroffice i packages of 50 cd's
The deal that Sun made with UNI-C follows the directions laid out by minister of education Ulla Tørnæs. They were made public October 30th, and they describe how institutions of education must act when offered office programs for free
One of the demands are that such donations do not cost the state any money, another demand is that UNI-C (The IT-center of research and education of Denmark) must administrate and distribute the licences.
UNI-C will have its expenses covered through the 10 kr that the CD's cost. Sun will provide a server with the cost-free OS Linux for the pupils, students and teachers who wish to download StarOffice 6.0.
>>UNI-C exists to help the danish education world, so of course we are happy to be able to mediate such a special initiative from Sun, says Dorthe Olesen, administrative director of UNI-C.
The most used office system in the world Microsoft Office, does not have a version for Linux
Because of the dominance of Microsoft in office and operative systems, a growing number of state owned institutions work on creating alternatives - primarily a combination of starofice and Linux
If all 1,1 milion pupils, students and teachers use the offer, the total value is about 200 million kr (20 mil $) (says sun)
In Danish the word for a crown and for the currency is the same, though they don't mean the same. ie, its incorrect to call the currny crown, its Kroner (and not ment to be translated)
If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating
Oh oh, now slashdot has done it - the linked to the newspaper Politikken - previously the danish newspapers have been after danish sites who liked to them. They said it was leeching on their work, and threathened court action - the small sites buckled down in fear then...
If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating
... but as the US has consistently proved in the past decade and still not caught on to is that they're not the center of the universe... UNIX has been a staple of Computer Science since the 70s ...
:-)
The US still wins, Unix is a US invention (AT&T, UC Berkeley) embraced by the world, and as you point out the center of the computing universe now and for decades to come.