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Russia Mandates Free Software For Public Schools

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 23, 2008 @04:36AM from the in-soviet-russia-joke-makes-you dept.

Glyn Moody writes "After running some successful pilots, the Russian government has decided to make open source the standard for all schools. If a school doesn't want to use the free software supplied by the government, it has to buy commercial licenses using its own funds. What's the betting Microsoft starts slashing its prices in Russia?"

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Re:Obigatory by XxtraLarGe · 2008-10-23 05:18 · Score: 0, Offtopic

In Soviet Russia, the gov't pwns Microsoft;)
In Soviet Russia, free software uses you!

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Re:Ponosov's Case by panda+cakes · 2008-10-23 08:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Few bits are wrong, namely: not an innocent headmaster, the guy kept using illegal software after getting an explicit warning from the local DA office (there is a letter with his signature confirming he understood the warning and is going to comply) and no, he was not cleared - appeal courts supported the original judgment, the guy is a felon.