[Solar-general] Fw: Re: [hipatia] LINK empleados italianos - crece linux

Vie Nov 18 18:15:31 CET 2005

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From: Arun M <colonel.m en gmail.com>
To: Coordinadores de Hipatia <coordinadores-hipatia en listas.hipatia.info>
Cc: mfioretti en mclink.it
Sent: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:42:55 +0530
Subject: Re: [hipatia] LINK empleados italianos - crece linux

> http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/11/09/1725232.shtml?
tid=132&tid=110
>
> Open Source
> Italian public employees join to promote open source
> Thursday November 17, 2005 (03:00 PM GMT)
> By: Marco Fioretti

Interesting news,

Last year, teachers union in Kerala with membership of more than
75,000 (roughly 45% of teachers community in the state) called for a
strike to force government to
1. Provide GNU/Linux training to teachers
2. Using GNU/Linux in schools rather than Microsoft Windows.

The strike was successful with Govt starting free software training
for teachers.

Last month teachers union had taken effort to distribute Custom Debian
GNU/Linux CDs to all schools in the state. Along with the government
program for free software training, teachers union is also organising
free software training sessions of teacher community.

They are now thinking of various programs for teachers and students to
encourage them to use GNU/Linux instead of Windows.

Teachers union and left political groups in the state were able to for
Microsoft's School education program out of this state. Today every
year around 5,00,000 Students in the state are getting introduced to
GNU/Linux in some way or other.
Process is going on for last 3 years.

Strike and related political campaigns had helped in creating  public
awareness about GNU/Linux and free software in general. RMS is as well
known as Bill Gates.

regards
arun.
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