It was done some years ago: in 2002 they bought 70.000 PCs and put the first 50.000 one for every 2 high-school students (so my first information was wrong, it's not under 13 but 13 to 17 years old) and the remaining 20.000 for primary education (under 13 yo.)
I don't know what the automated translation looks like, but I can tell you that
a) LinEx was not a "ridiculous incest", it made sense big time and also was more than just the distro, they put a free-software-based-PC every two under-13 school kids, they put the same PCs in every public library in the region ("Nuevos Centros del Conocimiento", New Knowledge Centers), they created elder-persons computer-literacy programs and more...
b) how can they "suck in public money" if they were the very public administration? They stopped giving away public money to (US) private companies, and created a public entrerprise to create a public-interest, publicly-available, free-as-in-beer-and-also-as-in-speech region-wide computer network with public access to the internet.
Please allow me to make a few clarifications on the subject, because there are some additional facts related than can be missed if you didn't read TFA and TF(Spanish Newspaper)A linked by TFA:
Extremadura became pioneer in Free SW creating their own Debian-based distro 9 years ago, LinEx (Linux Extremadura)
They implanted a PC every two school students (primary education, up to 13 yr) region-wide running LinEx, appart from the Regional Administration
Now they're closing the LinEx development project, handing it to a national-level (rather than regional)
The information is based in a 2011-12-31 statement by the regional CIO, saying they're migrating from LinEx to "pure" Debian as LinEx is orphaned
I've tried to find additional info (like planning, additional commentaries, etc) in newspapers, the official regional citizen-info site, etc. on the subject but I've found nothing
I've found some statements from LinEx project (now ex-)workers but these statements where just suppositions
Regarding to a HW and UEFI related comment I've seen, I don't think they will replace any hardware, they will just migrate the OS in those systems already owned by the regional administration
Same for Spain. New prepaid cards are only sold to properly identified persons. It's not mandatory yet for prepaid cards bought before the regulation passed, but on november 9 those lines not identified will be shut down (link in Spanish).
Well, not really. Here (Spain) we had an issue with a Vodafone 3G phone with the wrong rate plan for data roaming in Italy, and it was a 6.000 euro issue, and we're a not-so-big bussiness. OK, maybe there are less than 200 bussiness in Spain with accounts that big, but hey, it's still 200 and not 20.
When my flatmate bought his new iMac, they told him they really didn't know the date the truck would be ready for delivery, because Apple didn't tell even them (the store staff) the exact date the truck was arriving.
Sorry, you should have used the standard form:
1. Mass produce floating rubber ducks with [...] a portable generator each.
2. Dump massive quantities of ducks- billions of ducks- into the North Pacific from cargo ships
3....
4. Profit!
unreported contact with foreign [...] intelligence officials As well as been called by a 00 number and introducing themselves as "Surname, Name Surname" might be considered highly suspiciuos.
Viagra isn't a cure for reproductive problems. Surely it makes reproduction easier, but you can take Viagra without heading for reproduction.
On the other hand, you can have perfectly normal erection AND total reproductive impairment.
Grandparent is in fact saying that you have less depth of field but in a much smaller angle, so that single direction recorded with each mirror configuration is in focus, and you take different directions with different mirror configurations, so every direction is focused despite the range of the object found in that direction.
Slashdot Mirror
It was done some years ago: in 2002 they bought 70.000 PCs and put the first 50.000 one for every 2 high-school students (so my first information was wrong, it's not under 13 but 13 to 17 years old) and the remaining 20.000 for primary education (under 13 yo.)
Here is a blog entry (in Spanish) from 2009 in which one of the responsibles comments on the conversion of the original PCs into thin clients:
http://www.itais.net/2009/01/26/reutilizando-70000-ordenadores/
handing it to a national-level (rather than regional) free-software promotion organisation
Sorry about that. The parent author.
I don't know what the automated translation looks like, but I can tell you that
a) LinEx was not a "ridiculous incest", it made sense big time and also was more than just the distro, they put a free-software-based-PC every two under-13 school kids, they put the same PCs in every public library in the region ("Nuevos Centros del Conocimiento", New Knowledge Centers), they created elder-persons computer-literacy programs and more...
b) how can they "suck in public money" if they were the very public administration? They stopped giving away public money to (US) private companies, and created a public entrerprise to create a public-interest, publicly-available, free-as-in-beer-and-also-as-in-speech region-wide computer network with public access to the internet.
They created LinEx and migrated back then. Now they're migrating back to Debian as they end development of LinEx.
Please allow me to make a few clarifications on the subject, because there are some additional facts related than can be missed if you didn't read TFA and TF(Spanish Newspaper)A linked by TFA:
1.01
Sorry, didn't RTFA, but does it refer to summer? I've noticed it too.
Wiping hard drives is no rocket science. It's HARDER than rocket science, indeed.
Same for Spain. New prepaid cards are only sold to properly identified persons. It's not mandatory yet for prepaid cards bought before the regulation passed, but on november 9 those lines not identified will be shut down (link in Spanish).
Does anyone seriously want to watch full length TV shows in a tiny box in their browser in crumby YouTube quality?!
What else can you do during your boss' lunch time?
Well, not really. Here (Spain) we had an issue with a Vodafone 3G phone with the wrong rate plan for data roaming in Italy, and it was a 6.000 euro issue, and we're a not-so-big bussiness. OK, maybe there are less than 200 bussiness in Spain with accounts that big, but hey, it's still 200 and not 20.
Not necessarily... just anything that could lose connectivity under severe weather condition.
The art of war, Sun Tzu (6th. cent. B.C.), I.18 and 1.19
WARNING - Father contains S P O I L E R !
I mean, don't do they all look the same?
Nor sharks...
When my flatmate bought his new iMac, they told him they really didn't know the date the truck would be ready for delivery, because Apple didn't tell even them (the store staff) the exact date the truck was arriving.
In Soviet Russia the microscope tunnels you... or whatever.
Sorry, you should have used the standard form: 1. Mass produce floating rubber ducks with [...] a portable generator each. 2. Dump massive quantities of ducks- billions of ducks- into the North Pacific from cargo ships 3. ...
4. Profit!
Viagra isn't a cure for reproductive problems. Surely it makes reproduction easier, but you can take Viagra without heading for reproduction.
On the other hand, you can have perfectly normal erection AND total reproductive impairment.
I, for one, would welcome our new familiar-with-forces-inside-black-holes, shedding-light (from inside blck holes) overlords.
Grandparent is in fact saying that you have less depth of field but in a much smaller angle, so that single direction recorded with each mirror configuration is in focus, and you take different directions with different mirror configurations, so every direction is focused despite the range of the object found in that direction.