All schools In Denmark switching to Linux

Someone who can read Danish writes "According to this story (in Danish) Denmark has taken the first steps to start using Linux and Staroffice in all schools (1.1 million students). Sun has agreed to provide Staroffice for free, or on a CD-ROM for 10 Danish crowns ($1.5)."

10 Danish Crowns?!!

[teamhasnoi]

That's absurd! There aren't even that many kings in Denmark!

anyone here speak danish

[wildchild978]

I can only speak COBOL, and that badly. I don't even know what danish is. Is it like VB?

Rotten

[Gyan]

Time for Gates to say "there's something rotten in Denmark" and get on the plane.

Gates

[Anonymous Coward]

In other news......In a humanitarian effort, Bill Gates heads to Denmark to pass out condoms.

Danish eh...

[Anonymous Coward]

Given the latest track record of our gracious editors, I'd be quite willing to bet the article is actually about the fabulous new Carlsberg Lite.

Just out of curiosity, what's the point of reading any comments about this article? Exactly how many Danes post to slashdot?

Homer J weighs in...

[Anonymous Coward]

...mmmmm...danish...

This just in. Denmark part of Axis of Evil

[imag0]

In a stunning speech a few hours ago, President George Bush declared Denmark a "den of malcontents and terrorists". And announcing to the UN in an emergency security session the need to: "bomb the hell out of them" for obvious stockpiling weapons of mass destruction and denying their people American software, goods and services.

Denmark, whose main exports include those silly little wooden shoes and tulips, was unavailable for comment.

In other news, Microsoft led a resounding stock rally.

translation from elcheapo online translator

[netnerd.caffinated]

For free software to skolebrug From KELD LOUIE PEDERSEN Denmark 11, millions skoleelever , students and teachers can be actually turn Microsoft Corporation the back. At least at a pinch kontorprogrammer. A agreement between Silicon Valley - the activity Sun Micrososystems Inc and UNI C implies , that country skoleelever , students and teachers for free can be downloads kontorprogrammet StarOffice 60 from Sun and freely put in that at their hjemmecomputer. Alternatively can be they purchase that at a CD ROM to absolute cost price : kr. a piece The schools can be purchase StarOffice to boxes à 50 piece. Sun has making the agreement by UNI C after they guideline , that undervisningsminister Ulla Tørnæs V ) published the 30. october by , how uddannelsesinstitutioner shall relationships themselves , catching they become quotation for free kontorprogrammer. Amid the demands is , that such softwaredonationer is all expenses paid by the commonwealth , and that UNI C Denmark IT - center by research and degree shall stand by the distribution from licenses. UNI C gets his spending overlayed via they kr , that the distribution from CD - Roman producing. Sun sets a servercomputer by that for free Linux oprativsystem at the disposal of they skoleelever , students and teachers , there hope that downloads StarOffice 60. UNI C is why to to be of use the danish uddannelsesverden , so vi is naturally pleased to could morning a such specifically initiative from Sun , says Dorte Olesen adm. dir by UNI C. Universe unconditionally best widespread kontorsystem is Microsoft Officer , there however no exist to a version , so that applies to the computer by Linux that executive program. On account of Microsofts dominans in såvel bureau - that the executive program works settled several public authorities at that give rise to alternatives primary the combination Linux and StarOffice. Of which all 11, millions skoleelever , students and teachers using themselves from the quotation , bishop the collected asset according to Sun Microsystems up to ca. 200 millions features. louiedk@jpdk

Re:Rotten

[JediTrainer]

Or, more likely, Launch the competitionkeeper missiles [mrchuckles.net]

Re:Rotten

[Malfourmed]

Time for Gates to say "there's something rotten in Denmark" and get on the plane.

Yes... VB or not VB, that is the question.

Oh great

[JediTrainer]

In other news......In a humanitarian effort, Bill Gates heads to Denmark to pass out condoms.

Just what we need. More products from a company notorious for their.... erm... security leaks.

Re:This just in. Denmark part of Axis of Evil

[Anonymous Coward]

This just in, U.S. President Bush declares Sweden 'Aix of Porn Evil' . Bush has pressured the U.N. security council to require Sweden to make a declaration of all of its porn in alt.binaries.multimedia.erotica. Failure to comply or omissions of any tools or media of mass turbation will result in "the severest repercussions". Millions of Americans suffering mental and physcial anguish and maiming by Swedish porn cheered the moved. "The bastards made me wank until I sprained my wrist and bruised my manhood", says PeeWee Herman.

Re:anyone here speak danish

[Jucius Maximus]

"I can only speak COBOL, and that badly. I don't even know what danish is. Is it like VB?"

DANISH is like an advanced version PSTRY but you get a much better tase of it you compile it on APPLE or some other similarly fruity platform. It is best learned in the morning with a healthy side of JAVA.

Re:10 Danish Crowns?!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Your stupid and your mother hates you.
My stupid and my mother both hate me? Oh my god, I had no idea.

Stunning Al Quaida - Lego - Denmark link

[solferino]

In a full press release made available shortly after President Bush's recent speech attacking Denmark, the Administration outlined suspicions linking the Lego Corporation of Denmark to Al Quaida and the attack on the World Trade Centre.

Apparently, the attack was planned using a 43,000 lego brick scale model of the two towers. The Administration suspects direct involvement by Lego Corporation's scaled modelling experts and has now declared Lego products a Weapon of Mass (Modelling) Destruction. The Administration is now compiling a list of all people who have made substantial Lego purchases in the last few week and will be immediately calling them in for questioning and possible detention over the next few days.

Re:Rotten

[Gyan]

Actually Gates would give the option of "VB or .NET VB"

Denmark invades USA

[Anonymous Coward]

We are a large group of vikings which have secretly recieved Al Quaida training in underground camps in the mountains of "Valby Bakke", our first goal is to invade the eastern part of the USA (because it is nearest naturally) and then slowly move on to world domination. During our war we shall have to re-educate the paranoid americans, this means that more than 80% will have to go to school, but since this was probably needed anyway, we will greeted as more as friends than conquerors.
So everything is going according to our schedule!!!!

Follow up for more CNN briefings of the Denmark-US crisis!!! - Only on slashdot

Re:Rotten

[iapetus]

Ballmer: [Reading] In the most high and palmy United States,
A little ere the mightiest Apple fell,
No PC stood OSless, and the servers all
Did crash and gibber in the server rooms.
And even the like precurse of fierce events,
As harbingers preceding still the fates
2000 and XP together demonstrate
Unto our climature and countrymen.
[Handing script to Marcellus] Slashdot is desperate with imagination.

Gates: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Ballmer: Heaven will direct it.

Gates: Nay, let's buy it out.

Ballmer: My lord, my lord!

Gates: Illo, ho, ho, my lord!

LINUS ENTERS

Linus: Hillo, ho, ho, boy! Come, bird, come.

Gates: How is't, my noble lord?

Ballmer: What news, my lord?

Linus: O, wonderful!

Ballmer: Good my lord, tell it.

Linus: No, you will embrace and extend it.

Ballmer: Not I, my lord, by heaven!

Gates: Nor I, my lord.

Linus: How say you then? Would Linux give men source code?
But you'll be secret?

Both: Ay, by heaven, my lord.

Linus: There's neer a student dwelling in all Denmark
But he runs StarOffice.

Ballmer: There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave
To tell us this.

Linus: Why, right! You are in the right!
And so, without more circumstance at all,
I hold it fit that we shake hands and part;
You, as your business and desires shall point you;
As every man has business and desire.
And for my own poor part, look you, I'll go code.

MS Works not an abortion

[caveman]

Microsoft Works is not an abortion, it's an oxymoron

Like 'Taped live', 'Military Intelligence', 'Tax Return' or 'Government Organisation'

OXYMORON n.: A rhetorical figure in which an epigrammatic effect is created by the conjunction of incongruous or contradictory terms

More oxymorons here [oxymorons.com] and here [oxymoronlist.com] (and I'm sure you can search google for more.

P.S. Could someone please explain what 'Commonwealth affiliated' means in one of the replies above, for the benefit of us UK folk, to whom 'Commonwealth' means something probably quite different.