Oct 09
In an attempt to reduce licensing fees of existing software, by 2009 all school children in Russia are to be taught using the free and open source software Linux . It will be tested first in three pilot regions, while other regions will have the option to use it as a second operating system.
” Alexey Smirnov, Director General of the Company ALTLinux, said that schools formerly tended to run illegal copies of Microsoft operating systems, but after Russia entered the WTO, the laws became much stricter and schools began to be prosecuted for doing so.”
Could be a lot of political positioning with this effort, nonetheless, it is one huge migration to keep an eye on.
Aug 23
Russian software developers are coming to the aid of the Russian education system en masse. The number of specialists in the alliance that are helping already surpass the number of supporters in Mandriva and Ubuntu.
CNews found out, ALT Linux, Linux-Online, Naumen, Etersoft and the system integrator Center created and alliance to jointly participate in tenders to supply open source software to Russian schools
