Russia Mandates Free Software For Public Schools

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?"

Comments

Re:Wise They Are

[Reality Master 201]

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Re:aren't we talking about russia?

[Kiaser Zohsay]

i think it would be more of hassle trying get a linux distro, than a free available-everywhere pirate of a windows os

I know. It's so difficult to find a linux distribution these days. Ever since linux distros had to go underground I have to search the far dark corners of the internet to find a working download. If I want a copy locally, I have to go to the seedy part of town and down some dark alleyway whispering to the dealer who will get me my linux fix. Oh! If only linux were freely available from universities, computer geeks, and the internet!

s/dark corners/bittorrent/g

There, fixed that for ya.