Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Ministry of Education from Brazil is buying 90, 000 Debian GNU Linux computers

[Andy O'Brien]

I really think that RM Will try and drag out MS based products for as
long as then can. All their products are based around MS Systems and
they really do not develop with cross platform support! 


I am guessing for this reason that their development costs for multi
platform will be massive.

This of course will end up costing schools more money. With the falling
birth rate and the current state of most schools finances, I'm sure that
such expensive new products would not have a high uptake.


As far as I'M aware none or RM's own software (especially web based) is
cross platform. 

This annoys me somewhat. I Have to keep a remote desktop machine in the
server room to do most of my jobs!


Andy


On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 15:19 +0000, Tim Dobson wrote:
> On 17/12/2007, Stephen Mount <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Anyways, its most likely if we were to have such a software, it would
> > based on a Microsoft based OS, just like they are making a Windows XP
> > for the new Asus eee's. Microsoft want their virus, sorry, i mean
> > their OS on as many things possible, so they can make more money.
> 
> I disagree, I think recent steps from the like of Research Machines
> (RM) indicate that if customers/governement wanted gnu/linux, they
> would jump to provide it.
> My personal opinion is that RM, would not be able to provide ti due to
> the fact that their technicians are airheads, but some organisation
> (s) would fill thir gap e.g. m6-it
> 
> We all know MS love to push their operating system, in fact anyone who
> denies that is a bit misdirected imho, and microsfot will keep trying
> to push their operating system, up until right at the last moment.
> (at the moment it is moving from trying to annihialate free OS's to
> work with/buying free OS's
> [extend, embrace, extinguish]
> 
> I actualy reckon it would be possible to get a gnu OS on pretty much
> every computer in the UK. I'm not giving it a timescale etc. but it is
> possible, and i hope it is going to happen,
> 
> you might want to watch the codebreakers: a bbc documentary about
> gnu/linux in the developing world and its relevance to the digital
> divide.
> 
> article:
> http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc
> 
> video in different formats & sizes:
> http://videos.apdip.net/codebreakers.ogg
> http://videos.apdip.net/codebreakers.m4v
> http://videos.iosn.net/codebreakers/codebreakers.avi
> http://videos.iosn.net/codebreakers/codebreakers.ogg
> http://videos.iosn.net/codebreakers/codebreakers.iso
> http://www.apdip.net/videos/codebreakers-208x160.wmv
> 
> 
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