[dundee] Red Hat Sues Switzerland

[gordon dunlop]

2009/5/27 Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk>

>
> > Arguments in Spain about their school laptop project:
> >
> >
>
> http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/spanish_government_reconsiders_school_laptop_project
>
> Yes...an interesting definition of "Dual Boot": choose the O/S and the
> other
> one is uninstalled....but you still have to pay for the Windows option.
>

 I think the Spanish Government is missing the obvious, shouldn't a pilot
project be carried out with selected schools to evaluate the
functionality/usability of the laptops with their respective operating
systems prior to mass deployment? What matters is the feedback of the kids
and teachers to determine what is appropriate within their education
infrastructure rather than the political masquerades of O.S. Tsars. One
example of this was when Microsoft badgered Negroponte into putting Windows
XP onto the OLPC, it doesn't need an 'O' level in computer savvy to work out
that Windows XP was totally inappropriate in functionality/usability for the
OLPC. After Windows XP was installed onto the OLPC and sent out to different
Governments for appraisal they were sent back with the message "No Thanks".
So a pilot study with a widely promulgated open report on the results would
be beneficial to all concerned. For instance, if it was revealed that were
any deficiencies in the deployment of open source software within their
education infrastructure then open source developers can look at ways in
rectifying these issues.

Gordon



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