23,000 Linux PCs for Filipino schools

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Submission + - 23,000 Linux PCs for Filipino schools (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Da Massive on Monday January 28, 2008 @08:23PM

Da Massive writes: Ministers in the Filipino government now understand Linux can do so much for so little outlay. Speaking at the linux.conf.au event in Melbourne, Australia, independent open source consultant Ricardo Gonzalez has told of how he has helped bring 23,000 Linux PCs to over 1000 schools in the Philippines. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1163450117;pp;1

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