IBM Opens A Linux Training Center In Russia

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 11, 2003 @10:43AM from the nyet-nyet-nyet-for-darl dept.

prostoalex writes "IBM and Russian Ministry of Communications announced the opening of the first Linux Competency Center in Moscow. Representative of the goverment was quoted saying that such a center will help 'create a Linux ecosystem enabling Russian hi-tech companies to expand into global markets faster. IT solutions based on Linux and open standards will open up great opportunities to businesses in Russia.' This news piece in Russian also quotes Russian government official planning to expand the Linux initiative into provincial cities as well, if the center in Moscow turns out to be a viable idea."

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Repeat after me by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-11 10:45 · Score: 1, Funny

Ya lyublyu Microsoft Windows.
In Soviet Russia by dicepackage · 2003-10-11 10:48 · Score: 2, Funny

IBM trains you
Russia and IBM by surfcow · 2003-10-11 11:05 · Score: 3, Funny

One is a huge, slow-moving, ultra-conservative, monolithic bureauocracy which has recently been forced by circumstance to open up to unconveltional methods ...

and the other is Russia.

=brian
Say Nyet to .NET! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-11 11:17 · Score: 2, Funny

Say Nyet, say Nyet...to .NET!