Sunday, September 03, 2006
Only free software to be used in Kerala schools.
"It is our stated policy that only free software should be used for IT education in Kerala's schools. The government is introducing Linux based software as tools to teach various subjects," V.S. Achuthanandan said.
Kerala Education Minister M.A.Baby said, “We are not banning Microsoft but we encouraging open source. Unlike in other states where the Microsoft Windows platform has a dominant share, 60% of our schools here aleady are on the free GNU/Linux software for a few years now. We are just pushing the envelope further"
Kerala has also banned lolly-waters like Coke and Pepsi. A good idea as Coke and Pepsi as available on the subcontinent are poisonous , and their manufacture pollutes water supplies. People will buy cheap drinks and use bad software unless informed of the consequences. Hopefully other countries low down the cash scale like Papua-NewGuinea, will follow Kerala's example by avoiding worthless and overpriced US imports.
Kerala Education Minister M.A.Baby said, “We are not banning Microsoft but we encouraging open source. Unlike in other states where the Microsoft Windows platform has a dominant share, 60% of our schools here aleady are on the free GNU/Linux software for a few years now. We are just pushing the envelope further"
Kerala has also banned lolly-waters like Coke and Pepsi. A good idea as Coke and Pepsi as available on the subcontinent are poisonous , and their manufacture pollutes water supplies. People will buy cheap drinks and use bad software unless informed of the consequences. Hopefully other countries low down the cash scale like Papua-NewGuinea, will follow Kerala's example by avoiding worthless and overpriced US imports.
# posted by uv : 8:48 AM
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