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23,000 Linux PCs For Filipino Schools

Posted by kdawson on from the get-'em-while-they're-young dept.

Da Massive writes "Speaking at the linux.conf.au event in Melbourne, Australia, independent open source consultant Ricardo Gonzalez has told of how he has helped bring 23,000 Linux PCs to over 1000 schools in the Philippines: 'Ministers in the Filipino government now understand Linux can do so much for so little outlay.'" The slow process of educating a government that knew only Microsoft is especially well described in this piece.

3 of 142 comments (clear)

  1. Nobody is perfect by edwardpickman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah but can it eat up 10 gig of hard drive space and 50% of the available ram?

  2. The best decision for the officials by hackingbear · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Look! We didn't waste more of tax payers' money and we didn't violation any US copyright laws. Those pirate Windows installed? Oh... they were installed by the kids. We can't take blame for that.

  3. Re:don't hate me by sgtsqh2o · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Microsoft doesn't give a crap about the Philippines. Manila isn't listed as a timezone (and Pyongyang). Where is Sri Jayawardenpua anyways? Move along now. Nothing to see here.