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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 thatskinnyguy · · Score: 0, Troll

    This kinda reminds me of all that Mac training I had to do when I was in school. While I was using Mac at school, my family had Microsoft products at home. Which do you think I spent more time on and retained more about? If you guessed Windows, you get the grand prize. In retrospect, all that time spent on an Apple II was really a waste. I don't know a thing about Mac anymore.

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  2. It would have gone faster... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...but the Government Ministers kept asking how well these "Li-nux" PCs would run Vista Ultimate...

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  3. Ballmer will be flying out there next week by HangingChad · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Steve will roll the corporate jet out there and drop some democracy on them...I mean meet with the leadership and promise them $3 XP, hand out some training coupons, take them out to a strip club and get them good and boozed up. They'll come crawling back.

    Oh, yeah.

    I've used Linux for years and no one has ever flown out here and taken me to a strip club. Not once.

    Humph.

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