"Open source community in Spain protests national plan for school PCs"

Posted by Glen Newton on May 15, 2009; 10:00am
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Open-source-community-in-Spain-protests-national-plan-for-school-PCs-tp1650.html

http://www.unixmen.com/news-today/195-open-source-community-in-spain-protests-national-plan-for-school-pcs

"The Spanish free software association Hispalinux is protesting plans
by the Spanish government to massively introduce Microsoft's operating
systems and applications on school computers. "

"The association says the deal is violating the country's procurement
rules. "This is not an example of good governance. There are free
software alternatives available for education. These have passed
rigorous testing in schools in the autonomous regions Extremadura,
Andalusia and by pupils in cities such as Madrid and Valencia." "


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