Søndag 14 januar 2007 14:57, skrev Petter Reinholdtsen: > If this is true, only a small fraction of the schools are installing > popularity-contest on their machines,
Thats mostly right. The numbers Skolelinux Drift has is based on sale statistics from different sources as InOut, selling reused computers to schools. Some schools has expressed that thy will not report using Skolelinux to municipality computer department, based on Linux hostility at administrative level. The principal and sys.admin at school don't want to replace their Skolelinux installation. Even if some municipalities will pay extra to replace Skolelinux, installing Windows instead. Often lead by Microsoft Academic Licensing Programmes, where schools using Linux/Mac or something else has to pay Microsoft Licenses on machines running competing Operating Systems. The estimate of 250-300 schools is reported to The Norwegian Competition Authority in the case where schools has to pay Microsoft licenses on machines running Mac, Linux og some other operating system. The Norwegian Competition Authority are investigating how Microsoft demanding License pay on machines running Linux and Macs: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/business/article1023195.ece This shows how difficult it is to count machines mechanically. The sale and calling schools and municipalities that are OS agnostic reflects a more realistic adoption rate. It's also explains why schools are reluctant to be counted officially, where reporting what operating system they use, maybe kick of a payment to Microsoft for running Skolelinux. Microsoft has the same agreement in many European countries. What I know is that Norway is the only country probing Microsofts Academic Licenses. Licenses that are illegal in my view. Becta is an acronym for The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency. They recently published two reports warning about vendor lock-in with Microsoft's school agreement (Academic Licensing Programmes). The also recommends to igonre Windows Vista and Office 2007. Links to press, press statement, and the report: http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=BDD20D68-FDBF-4E1C-BA77-BBA4B7CA6061 http://publications.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=28197&page=1835 http://news.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=28268&page=1661 Bectas "ignore Vista" advice. Links to press, press statement, and the report: http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=61A19824-89F8-4649-82F7-3062481BA64B http://news.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=28267&page=1658&catID=1633 http://publications.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=28199&page=1835 Best regards Knut Yrvin
