Re: Roadblocks to Linux in Education
> Here in Norway a school normally gets a budget dependent on
> type of school, number of pupils and any other types of special
> requirements for that particular school. This means that if
> they can save some money on their IT budget, they can spend them
> on something else. And of course, this goes both ways - just
> check the newspaper stories on schools in Oslo firing teachers
> to afford the operating cost of their IT system.
> Halvor
And teachers that understand close to nothing on technology
and economy to ever understand what hit them.
Not to mention actually poor countries that don't
have spare money to spend on software that cost real money.
Norway actually has money enough to give any or all Norwegians a
decent iMac for Christmas every few years.
Norway is merely emulating poor in order to walk in step with major
EU nations blindingly approaching Zero growth rate at like 10% percent unemployment
to keep the EURO bank in Stuttgart and the zero growth people happy at the same time.
Slow growth is not what we need when Poland enters the union with 19% unemployment.
(If you ever wondered why there are 2 cars with Polish plates parked outside your door
when it is minus 10 degrees and January) (I haven't seen cars with Czech plates for weeks)
There is something rotten in the EUROPEAN UNION.
It is time to kick ass with politicians and play hard ball like Ballmer does.
Ballmer IS the roadblock.
If need be he will put his software price for schools to ZERO
and use the schools as product training centers.
Software cost next to nothing to reproduce.
It is like free marketing - Forever.
Heck - He might even PAY the schools to use his software - It's still cheaper and better than
silly roadside billboard comercials so blindingly reminding us of extinct Dinosaurs :-)
The bulk of countries on this planet would be better off
using Linux to save on foreign exchange that could be better spent
on importing production equipment for vital goods.
Not mentioning the quality of the virus ridden software :-)
China and India would be better off employing 6000 programmers locally
then using the insanely expensive services of 6000 programmers in Redmond :-)
I suspect that another 12000 full time programmers might make a dent in the progress of Debian :-)
If you are looking for roadblocks - Travel in style - Do like Arnold and Drive a Hummer - Think Big :-)
Greetings
Jim Oksvold
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