Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

[Andre Mangan]

... and in another (more enlightened) part of the world ...

http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies/Andalusia-deploys-220000-Ubuntu-desktops-in-schools-throughout-the-region

Andre






May 2010 17:31, Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> --- On Wed, 26/5/10, Paul Shirren <shirro at shirro.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Paul Shirren <shirro at shirro.com>
> > Subject: Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for
>  Linux.
> > To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Received: Wednesday, 26 May, 2010, 4:39 PM
> > On 26/05/10 1:27 PM, Steven O'Reilly
> > wrote:
> > > I'm not sure where to begin trying to fix that!
> <snip>
> > The kids who are really forgotten and need a big hand live
> > in remote
> > indigenous communities and OLPCs are going to some of them
> > - fully open
> > source stack where it counts and hopefully will be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > There is a lot people can do at a local level to engage
> > with the
> > community including schools and teachers and make a
> > difference. Everyone
> > loves TuxPaint, Inkscape, Audacity etc.
> >
> With all these cloud computer options (facebook, myspace, youtube, etc)
> dose everyone need that latests computer for internet / word processing? no
> unless your are video editor, 3D modeller, etc
>
> Most computers are under used or sit idle
>
> the Operating System is becoming irrelevant and Microsoft is losing its
> strong-hold
>
> tom
>
>
>
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