aracelipraiz wrote:
http://www.inq7.net/inf/2003/aug/15/inf_3-1.htm
27 schools, >1M pesos per school in last five years, with more to come. Total 50M pesos in last five years, with more to come.
I guess open source couldn't possible compete with that, could it. Desperate for equipment and Internet connectivity, what impoverished school or gov't Department could even think of turning that down.
I don't suppose any of these schools would be sophisticated
enough to dual-boot the donated computers (assuming that
isn't prohibited under the terms of the donation).
Anyway, how could you bite the hand that feeds you.
that's the beauty of competition, the consumer wins. but for how long? =(
honestly speaking, i dont want a 100% linux in the phils.
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