With 4, 000 students and just 21 computers, the Cotton Hill Girls High School in the south Indian city of Trivandrum wouldn't appear to be at the vanguard of anything related to information technology. Linux spreads its wings in India
With 4,000 students and just 21 computers, the Cotton Hill Girls High School in the south Indian city of Trivandrum wouldn't appear to be at the vanguard of anything related to information technology.
Yet the 71-year-old school is abandoning Microsoft Windows software in favor of its free, open-source rival, Linux. So when students -- typically eight to a machine, seated at two benches -- turn on their PCs they see Linux desktop software that helps them navigate their way to all manner of math, graphics, and writing programs.
http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/27linux.htm
On 9/27/06, Dinesh Shah dineshah@gmail.com wrote:
With 4,000 students and just 21 computers, the Cotton Hill Girls High http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/27linux.htm
This is pure gold: "A Windows XP Starter Edition, a scaled-down version that can only open three programs at once and doesn't support advanced networking." So what exactly were they selling all along???
.farazs
On 9/27/06, faraz. shahbazker faraz.shahbazker@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/27/06, Dinesh Shah dineshah@gmail.com wrote:
With 4,000 students and just 21 computers, the Cotton Hill Girls High http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/27linux.htm
This is pure gold: "A Windows XP Starter Edition, a scaled-down version that can only open three programs at once and doesn't support advanced networking." So what exactly were they selling all along???
.farazs
Half the message is in the subject. LOL
Regards, Mohan S N
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