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Linux Desktops in New Zealand Schools

Posted by timothy on from the long-term-thinking dept.

nigelr writes "The New Zealand Ministry of Education has signed a deal with Novell New Zealand to provide SUSE Linux desktop licenses in schools. The article claims that while the price for a desktop license now matches what Microsoft charge, the new deal will significantly reduce the over all cost due to reduced charges for existing Novell products used in schools around the country."

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  1. New Zealand is the place on earth... by ArsenneLupin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... were the sun rises first! (apart from some small Pacific islands...)

  2. Is New Zealand in the UK? by coldeeze · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    shameless

  3. Re:Education! by Sheetrock · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Company names in most English-dialect countries are treated as if they are plural. Hence, "Microsoft charge" is correct, even if it doesn't seem to fit normal English rules.

    One of those things you don't realize until someone points it out, like the whole Z is pronounced Zed thing. To my interest, someone explained to me the other day that chopsticks originated not in Asia as most suspect but were invented by immigrants to American mining communities in the early 1800s as a means of differentiating their fare from that of other restaurants and pubs.

    So-called "common knowledge" takes a while to learn, I suppose...

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  4. Re:A step in the right direction by narkotix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    god damnit i should also learn how to write proper sentences late at night...(10 hr day today :-)

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