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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.

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  1. Re:don't hate me by schon · · Score: 2, Funny

    all that time spent on an Apple II was really a waste. I don't know a thing about Mac anymore Uhh - if you learned computing on an Apple II, and you're wondering why that didn't translate to knowledge of the Mac, you have bigger problems than just wasting time.
  2. Re:don't hate me by corsec67 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hah, put "Landing for Dummies" on the cover of the landing checklist.....

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  3. Re:don't hate me by rohan972 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can you think of anything in Windows that couldn't be figured out by someone who has been trained on Linux?

    Why do people use this? :)

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