[loco-contacts] [Ubuntu-mu] Mention of Ubuntu at National Computer Board workshop

[Miles]

That will be wonderful if that can be achieved, keep up the good work Ish
Miles

On 20/05/2015 08:20, Ish Sookun wrote:
> Hello Nayar,
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Nayar Joolfoo <nayar at joolfoo.com
> <mailto:nayar at joolfoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     Do you guys think the new Technology minister would pay heed to
>     install Ubuntu with Libreoffice in primary schools? Atleast for new
>     schools?
>
>
> ​The Minister would want to see stable projects with good support. In
> the past, the Ministry of Education opted only for proprietary software
> due to support that is easily available from local companies. How many
> local companies support FOSS? Nada. There is not even one local company
> that offers enterprise-class support for FOSS applications on the
> desktop. The Ministry would want this.
>
> Another way would be for the local community to show the growth & demand
> for FOSS. If the software needs can be auto-supported by the local
> community, then yes, maybe that would push the Minister to consider
> Ubuntu & LibreOffice for primary schools.
>
> The Ministry of Technology, Communication & Innovation​ cited its
> intention to adopt FOSS based on the worldwide trend. There is no strong
> policy yet neither any commitment.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> ​Ish Sookun
>
> - Geek by birth, Linux by choice.
> - I blog at HACKLOG.in.
>
> https://twitter.com/IshSookun ^^ Do you tweet?
>
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