Russian Teething Problems

We have reported quite a while back that Russia was moving to a FOSS based tech ed platform using Linux. Well it appears that all is not smooth sailing for the effort —

Systems integrator ‘Compulink’ supplied 60,000 Russian schools with a package that includes as an operating system Windows XP, plus Microsoft Office, the dictionary Abbyy Lingvo 12, anti-virus software Kaspersky Work Space Security, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and more.

What appears to be the problem is that the Linux project has been doomed by government agency incompetence and a software supplier that has been unable to get it out and get people trained.

Meanwhile the Vole just pours itself into the vacuum with a slickness that is lacking from the home grown Russian agencies.

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