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*All* Russian Schools to Use Free Software

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Computerworld UK; By Glyn Moody
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After running some successful pilots, the Russian government has decided to make open source the standard for *all* schools. Depending on the uptake, that could be up to one million more machines running free software by 2010.

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Comments (12)

I knew all you guys were commies

all you linux supporters - steve ballmer and what his face from sco was right - you are all commies

this just proves it -

socialists - I am installing windows right now - this is the last straw.

"satire"
Sheesh, you're just now figuring it out? You didn't notice we all wear jammies in the daytime and call each other comrade?
Well said Comrade TuxChick
Did someone say jammies?

But do we call it Leningrad or Stalingrad?..knowing that gets you an extra star..

for your jammies..

LOL!
> But do we call it Leningrad or Stalingrad?

St. Petersburg. :)
nag dab it, russian just shows up as ???????.

need some fonts on the server there boss.
We call it Our Homeland.
Quoting: We call it Our Homeland.


We've started calling it that here too.
WTF? I thought we were Hippies?
@CP:

Same thing. Hippies just use illicit drugs as their weapon of choice, instead of rifles, danged subversives. . . Oh, and there's no real dress code (aside from the recommended sandals and beads) :)
@CP man this thread is heavy, really heavy man, like wow really heavy.
Sorry, I cant be a hippie, I insist on showering daily.

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