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Finland: Torvalds' Homeland is Using Linux to be Productive

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

"gewg_" writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2015, @09:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2015, @09:22PM (#180077)

    City Fathers of Helsinki State Their Preference for FOSS for Any New Custom IT [europa.eu]

    The strategy concerns tailor-made and customised applications. The city wants to be able to share such code using an open source licence.
    [...]
    Software solutions are selected based on price and quality, and when procuring IT solutions, the city will not exclude proprietary software. The city will also train its procurement officers, aiming to improve the city’s procurement of IT solutions.
    [...]
    [Helsinki city councillor for the Greens, Otso Kivekäs,] writes "Next, the same principle should be introduced in the country as a whole."

    One wonders how long it will be before they notice that using local talent to tweak open code is faster than waiting for proprietary providers to implement and disseminate the desired changes.

    ...and cheaper than having to pay for[1] the next version of the proprietary app that implements the change.

    [1] Notice that I didn't say "buy"; you never own a proprietary app.

    -- gewg_