[News] School District Bring in GNU/Linux, Mandriva Enters Education Market

Pawtucket School District: A Virtual Iron Success Story

,----[ Quote ]
| St. Jean then turned to VMware Server. He told me that he liked the price
| (VMware server is free). The management utilities, especially with the
| web-based extensions were also very nice. It had multi-platform
| capabilities - enabling it to support Linux Guests on Windows Hosts, and
| Windows Guests on Linux Hosts. St. Jean was able to build, copy, migrate and
| destroy a dozen virtual machines with no problems.Overall, VMware Server was
| very easy to use and very stable.
`----

[url]http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=377[/url]

Mandriva and Novatice Technologies present Edutice, The ready to use solution
dedicated to educationand multimedia spaces

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| Edutice enables work spaces to be automatically deployed on schoolroom,
| archive centre or library computers.
|
| Mandriva, the leading European Linux publisher, and Novatice Technologies,
| are developing in partnership information technology solutions to permit the
| management and dynamic creation of work environments.
`----

[url]http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/mandriva-and-novatice-technologies-present-edutice-the-ready-to-use-solution-dedica[/url]


Days ago:

Debian Linux powers science education device

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| An education supplies company has announced a portable science education
| computer that runs embedded Debian Linux. Pasco says it designed its
| sensor-equipped Spark Science Learning System for collaborative science
| experiments by students, for example measuring cond Â* uctivity or tracking
| temperature changes. Â* Â*
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[url]http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4450252700.html[/url]


Related:

Mandriva Linux selected as "Product of the Year 2007" at the Russian Softool
event

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| Mandriva has been selected as 'Product of the Year 2007' in the Linux
| category at the Softool exhibition in Moscow. The 'Product of the Year 2007'
| competition was held by the department of information technologies and
| computing systems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Federal Agency of
| Information Technologies, the publishing house SK Press, and IT-expo. Â* Â*
|
| [...]
|
| Mandriva Linux will also soon be certified by the Federal Service of Export
| and Technical Control, allowing public sector agencies and organizations
| dealing with confidential information to use Mandriva Linux. Â*
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[url]http://www.linuxlookup.com/2007/nov/19/mandriva_linux_selected_as_product_of_the_year_2007_at_the_russian_softool_event[/url]


Russian public agencies choose Mandriva

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| Mandriva development is carried out jointly by Mandriva's offices in Russia,
| France and Brazil. The Mandriva Linux OS is thus considered a national OS for
| Russia. The decision of FSTEC of the Russian Federation (RF) implied that
| Russian public agencies will be authorised to use the Mandriva Linux OS on
| PCs running confidential information. Â* Â*
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[url]http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr/russian_public_agencies_choose_mandriva[/url]


Russian Government Will Migrate to OpenSource

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| Russia decided to follow after EU countries, where opensource
| solutions are more spread then in Russia. Currently, some Russian
| companies can offer their own Desktop Linux OS (the major companies
| are ASPLinux, ALTLinux, Linux-Online and LinuxCenter).
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[url]http://danays.blogspot.com/2006/12/russian-government-will-migrate-to.html[/url]


Russian schools abandon Windows after piracy scare

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| Microsoft says that the incident has nothing to do with them, but it
| appears that Russian schools in the area are so scared about being shipped
| off to a Siberian Gulag, that they are buying Linux gear instead.
|
| [..]
|
| According to Karpushin, schools would start using freely distributed
| software like the Linux OS, Russky office and Open office desktop apps,
| Ekho Moskvi reports.
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[url]http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37460[/url]


Linux Education in America: Inspiration from Russia?

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| The reason that the Russian announcement is funny boils down to the
| perception over the years that Russia equates to totalitarianism, whilst here
| in America we're all about Freedom and innovation. Yet our educational
| system -- the very underpinnings of how we're growing out future
| technological talent, is based upon the inversion of what one would expect
| given the respective reputations of both countries. Â* Â*
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[url]http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/93171/index.html[/url]


Russia is latest country to move towards OpenDocument format and open standards Â*

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| The stated rationale for this legislation is that “open standards will
| contribute to an increased number of bidders for government contracts and
| will increase opportunities for Russian software developers... [and] the
| problem of interoperability will be addressed as will the ability to access
| information into the future.â€� Â* Â*
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[url]http://www.itrportal.com/absolutenm/templates/article-docsoft.aspx?articleid=4410&zoneid=57[/url]


Russian Linux (ALTLinux) to be installed in every school in Russia

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| Russian OS is to be installed on every school computer in Russia by 2009.
| Furthermore, every pupil will get the opportunity to operate the applied
| software produced in Russia, Leonid Reiman, acting Minister of Communication
| stated at a press conference. According to Mr. Reiman, that might
| significantly reduce Russian dependence on foreign software. Â* Â*
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[url]http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007%2F09%2F14%2F266177[/url]


Linux being launched at schools

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| Besides the operating system the package is to comprise some freely
| distributed programs, close to MS Office by their functionality, which are to
| be used on computers with the following characteristics: 233 MHz and 128MB
| DDR. Â*
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[url]http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/10/25/272200[/url]

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused:[color=blue]
> Pawtucket School District: A Virtual Iron Success Story
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| St. Jean then turned to VMware Server. He told me that he liked the price
>| (VMware server is free). The management utilities, especially with the
>| web-based extensions were also very nice. It had multi-platform
>| capabilities - enabling it to support Linux Guests on Windows Hosts, and
>| Windows Guests on Linux Hosts. St. Jean was able to build, copy, migrate and
>| destroy a dozen virtual machines with no problems.Overall, VMware Server was
>| very easy to use and very stable.
> `----
>
> [url]http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=377[/url]
>
> Mandriva and Novatice Technologies present Edutice, The ready to use solution
> dedicated to educationand multimedia spaces
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Edutice enables work spaces to be automatically deployed on schoolroom,
>| archive centre or library computers.
>|
>| Mandriva, the leading European Linux publisher, and Novatice Technologies,
>| are developing in partnership information technology solutions to permit the
>| management and dynamic creation of work environments.
> `----
>
> [url]http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/mandriva-and-novatice-technologies-present-edutice-the-ready-to-use-solution-dedica[/url]
>[/color]

It won't be long before the question of "why are you not running linux"
is the common one, rather than highlighting those which have, quite
rightly, already made the only sensible switch.

--
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____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 17 April 2008 14:12 : \____
[color=blue]
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused:[color=green]
>> Pawtucket School District: A Virtual Iron Success Story
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| St. Jean then turned to VMware Server. He told me that he liked the price
>>| (VMware server is free). The management utilities, especially with the
>>| web-based extensions were also very nice. It had multi-platform
>>| capabilities - enabling it to support Linux Guests on Windows Hosts, and
>>| Windows Guests on Linux Hosts. St. Jean was able to build, copy, migrate
>>| and destroy a dozen virtual machines with no problems.Overall, VMware
>>| Server was very easy to use and very stable.
>> `----
>>
>> [url]http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=377[/url]
>>
>> Mandriva and Novatice Technologies present Edutice, The ready to use
>> solution dedicated to educationand multimedia spaces
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Edutice enables work spaces to be automatically deployed on schoolroom,
>>| archive centre or library computers.
>>|
>>| Mandriva, the leading European Linux publisher, and Novatice Technologies,
>>| are developing in partnership information technology solutions to permit
>>| the management and dynamic creation of work environments.
>> `----
>>
>>[/color][/color]
[url]http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/mandriva-and-novatice-technologies-present-edutice-the-ready-to-use-solution-dedica[/url][color=blue][color=green]
>>[/color]
>
> It won't be long before the question of "why are you not running linux"
> is the common one, rather than highlighting those which have, quite
> rightly, already made the only sensible switch.[/color]

In some places you already need a special permission to use proprietary
software.

--
~~ Best of wishes

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused:[color=blue]
> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 17 April 2008 14:12 : \____
>[color=green]
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused:[color=darkred]
>>> Pawtucket School District: A Virtual Iron Success Story
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| St. Jean then turned to VMware Server. He told me that he liked the price
>>>| (VMware server is free). The management utilities, especially with the
>>>| web-based extensions were also very nice. It had multi-platform
>>>| capabilities - enabling it to support Linux Guests on Windows Hosts, and
>>>| Windows Guests on Linux Hosts. St. Jean was able to build, copy, migrate
>>>| and destroy a dozen virtual machines with no problems.Overall, VMware
>>>| Server was very easy to use and very stable.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> [url]http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=377[/url]
>>>
>>> Mandriva and Novatice Technologies present Edutice, The ready to use
>>> solution dedicated to educationand multimedia spaces
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Edutice enables work spaces to be automatically deployed on schoolroom,
>>>| archive centre or library computers.
>>>|
>>>| Mandriva, the leading European Linux publisher, and Novatice Technologies,
>>>| are developing in partnership information technology solutions to permit
>>>| the management and dynamic creation of work environments.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>[/color][/color]
> [url]http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/mandriva-and-novatice-technologies-present-edutice-the-ready-to-use-solution-dedica[/url][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>[/color]
>>
>> It won't be long before the question of "why are you not running linux"
>> is the common one, rather than highlighting those which have, quite
>> rightly, already made the only sensible switch.[/color]
>
> In some places you already need a special permission to use proprietary
> software.
>[/color]

Where are these bastions of enlighted luminary thinkers?

--
| mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
| Cola faq: [url]http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/[/url] |
| Cola trolls: [url]http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/[/url] |
| Open platforms prevent vendor lock-in. Own your Own services! |

____/ Mark Kent on Monday 21 April 2008 08:17 : \____
[color=blue]
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused:[color=green]
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 17 April 2008 14:12 : \____
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused:
>>>> Pawtucket School District: A Virtual Iron Success Story
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| St. Jean then turned to VMware Server. He told me that he liked the price
>>>>| (VMware server is free). The management utilities, especially with the
>>>>| web-based extensions were also very nice. It had multi-platform
>>>>| capabilities - enabling it to support Linux Guests on Windows Hosts, and
>>>>| Windows Guests on Linux Hosts. St. Jean was able to build, copy, migrate
>>>>| and destroy a dozen virtual machines with no problems.Overall, VMware
>>>>| Server was very easy to use and very stable.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> [url]http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=377[/url]
>>>>
>>>> Mandriva and Novatice Technologies present Edutice, The ready to use
>>>> solution dedicated to educationand multimedia spaces
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| Edutice enables work spaces to be automatically deployed on schoolroom,
>>>>| archive centre or library computers.
>>>>|
>>>>| Mandriva, the leading European Linux publisher, and Novatice
>>>>| Technologies, are developing in partnership information technology
>>>>| solutions to permit the management and dynamic creation of work
>>>>| environments.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>[/color]
>>[/color][/color]
[url]http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/mandriva-and-novatice-technologies-present-edutice-the-ready-to-use-solution-dedica[/url][color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>
>>>
>>> It won't be long before the question of "why are you not running linux"
>>> is the common one, rather than highlighting those which have, quite
>>> rightly, already made the only sensible switch.[/color]
>>
>> In some places you already need a special permission to use proprietary
>> software.
>>[/color]
>
> Where are these bastions of enlighted luminary thinkers?[/color]

Parts of India and Holland, IIRC. There are also individual businesses that
adopt such an approach. One British business that made the transition recently
raved about great success.

--
~~ Best of wishes

Roy S. Schestowitz | Useless fact: the buttocks is the largest muscle
[url]http://Schestowitz.com[/url] | RHAT GNU/Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
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