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posted by takyon on Thursday May 07 2015, @04:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the favorite-son's-project-embraced dept.

Blogger and Linux advocate Robert Pogson reports via one of his many charts that the usage rate for Linux in Finland didn't drop below 2.5 percent any time during the month of April.

When folks went to (work|school), the numbers jumped to over 10 percent (with the last reading shown being 16 percent, which rivals the numbers seen in Uruguay).

Those of you who have griped that you had to buy an approved calculating device because you (aren't|weren't) allowed to use your computers on exams should note the customized spin of Linux that the school system in Finland has for exams.

 
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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2015, @08:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2015, @08:57PM (#180071)

    Volume Licenses prices

    You'd think more folks would realize that that is the ONLY power that MSFT has--and they wield it like a cudgel.

    White box builder: We want to pre-install Windoze on boxes.

    M$: If you put it on 100 percent of those, that will be $50 for each box.
    If you want to put it on 99.99 percent (and put only Linux on the rest), it will be $100 per box.

    WBB: How about if I put Windoze on every box and make some boxes dual-boot with Linux?

    M$: Here's our standard contract. Note how it forbids that entirely.

    N.B. No one who is inside the loop will tell you this stuff and sign his name to it because the NDA they sign with M$ precludes that.

    M$ is a criminal operation.
    Ronald Reagan stopped enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (though it is still on the books) and no president since has reinstated enforcement.
    USA.gov is an oligarchy.
    Apparently, other countries allow M$ to get away with this nonsense as well.

    .
    schools

    More folks should know the name "Penn Manor". [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [opensource.com]
    That school district in Pennsylvania has been mostly-Linux for years.
    (They're still weeding out the rare legacy systems.)

    Linux is so much better as a learning experience. [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [goodbyemicrosoft.net]

    .
    Being Finland's own boy and all [...] You'd expect that

    Actually, at one time I did--then a Finn started posting to comp.os.linux.advocacy and it became clear that M$ had managed to gain and retain mindshare in Finland.
    As you note, M$ moves in immediately and starts convincing gullible people that Redmond can give them "a bargain" that beats $0, no EULA, and no BSA raids.

    -- gewg_

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2015, @10:24PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2015, @10:24PM (#180088)

    What part in particular ruffled your feathers?
    What is your argument against that?

    -- gewg_