I was scanning my home page today and I noticed this:
aseigo: Deploying KDE to 52 million young
The above link is a blog post pointing out the impact of this:
Open Source Diary: ProInfo and Linux Educacional – KDE in Public Schools in Brazil
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I was immediately struck by how ground-breaking this is, then I started thinking about Microsoft. For a company that earns about a gillian in revenue each year, they really haven’t stepped up to the plate when it comes to education. I mean they may offer student discounts or some similar middle ground capitulation, but certainly no free hand-outs!
Who stepped up to the plate?? The open source community.
What does this mean for the open source community? More importantly, what does this mean for Microsoft? With the open source movement gaining steam at an exponential pace, how much heat (if any) is Microsoft feeling from it. One thing is for sure, you won’t see Microsoft bundled on any lab systems in Brazilian schools any time soon!!
