Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

[David Fawcett]

Have you got anything to back that up B?

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:25 PM, bwright <bwright.au at gmail.com> wrote:

> I believe that you are not allowed to change the operating system in
> the contract with the DET until you leave school. I go to a public
> school ( I am a senior student ) and I don't think you are allowed to
> actually install another system. The system is also loaded with
> goodies like programs that act like trojans allowing the DET to
> remotely disable your computer ( pretty much a root kit ) and all
> manner of other things constantly pinging to random proxies. So the
> kids get a bag full of DRM in a box and if they try disable it they
> get punished by the school system. So it is a huge blow not having
> linux on it.
>
> On May 25, 11:56 am, "Senectus ." <senec... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 25 May 2010 07:35, ha... at ipunix.com <ha... at ipunix.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Ubuntu-AU'ers I see a lot of time being spent on the Australian Ubuntu
> LoCo
> > > structure and now the wiki.
> >
> > > But what is happening around us and in particular in my area
> (Strathpine
> > > Queensland). I now see year nine through 12 student running around with
> mini
> > > notebooks (also called netbook) supplied through their school under the
> > > Australian Federal Government's Digital Education Revolution (DER)
> program.
> > > From my early findings it looks like that notebooks will be distributed
> to
> > > eventually every year nine through 12 student. They are all to receive
> a
> > > mini notebook with windows 7 installed by the completion of the rollout
> in
> > > 2012.
> >
> > > This is a big blow to the Linux community as for example 267,000
> Windows 7
> > > based netbooks that the NSW Government alone has started rolling out to
> high
> > > schools will come pre-installed with open source software. From
> information
> > > gathered they were certainly looking seriously at Linux platforms, but
> > > vendors didn't provide the answers or comfort they were looking for.
> >
> > > I think part of the problem with the Linux tenders would have been that
> > > they were represented by hardware vendors pushing Linux to increase
> their
> > > profit on the units, rather than pushing Linux because they believed in
> it
> > > or had the right answers. If they had gone with a Linux based system
> they
> > > could have saved the country (tax payers) close to a $1 billion in
> licensing
> > > fees.
> >
> > > All this points out that we the Linux (Ubuntu) users must be active not
> > > only within our own group(s) but engage direct with the community in
> > > general, visit schools, educate hardware vendors and lobby with the
> > > Australian Federal and State Governments.
> >
> > > Cheers,
> >
> > > Harry Degenaar
> > > ha... at ipunix.com
> >
> > It's also a huge opportunity..
> > All those new machines going out to students that are naturally
> rebellious
> > and inquisitive.
> >
> > Time to really amp up a "Linux install Day" again...
> >
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> >
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