60 Thousand Russian Teachers Will Learn Linux by the End of 2009

I’ve already mentioned here a few times the attention that Russian authorities pay to open-source software. In fact, here reliance on commercial software in all the fields of life is considered something of a national vulnerability where one non-local company can easily influence the future of the entire nation where everyone – from a school child to a mayor of a city – uses Microsoft products for everyday tasks.

So various initiatives emerge in Russia that are all intended to promote open-source software that is considered to be more friendly to the national interests of the country. One of such initiatives is transition of Russian schools from Microsoft products (that are often pirated and could thus easily become a reason for huge problems for teachers) to open-source products, including Linux and Open Office.

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