Macedonia Deploys 5,000 Ubuntu Desktops in Schools

vladoboss writes "The latest GNOME Journal is running a story about the deployment of 5000 Ubuntu desktops in public schools. The Republic of Macedonia is a small country in Southern Europe with a population of around 2 million. Internet penetration is only around 5% and software piracy rate is rampant. Also, the government does not play any major role in the development of the ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) and a private sector is dominated by Microsoft technologies. Given the circumstances, one would not expect any free software related stories to make the headlines. Yet the presence of a small volunteer organization by the name Free Software Macedonia is making a big difference in this small country."

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Re:Office Apps

[Red Alastor]

If I hadn't wasted my last mod point this morning, I'd mod you insightful.

Were Macedonians so bad?

[asdomar]

I mean, they're poor, isolated being a small country, but why Ubuntu?

Re:So this is TrollMod

[Doc Ruby]

Thanks for the candor.

BTW, you might be interested in how Christianity's "merger" with the Roman Empire changed the religion. In my view, from a DIY faith, a reformation of Judaism, into a dogma that damaged both the theology and the empire. But I'm not much on faith myself, certainly not any that's taught, or empires for that matter.