Interesting article
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/20...witch-to-linux
Interesting article
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/20...witch-to-linux
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Actually Russian Linux vendors have been on the rise lately. You have to take into account how Russia operates when it comes to computers.
1) The technical education level is pretty high in the general population since Russian schools emphasize math and science.
2) Computers are still mostly used by what you would call power users/programmers/geeks. Even though the economy is improving and prices for hardware are dropping, it's still a very hobby/business thing.
3) Russians are fed up with Windows, MS and the way US does it's business. You won't find a country that makes more Windows/Gates jokes.
4) Schools never really had computers up till now so there is no vendor lock in.
Basically there is a very low barrier to entry and cost of switching when it comes to Russia. There are excellent local distributions (I used to use one before Ubuntu and it was great) that don't have inflated hardware requirements. Couple that with mostly "geeky" computer users and general distrust for MS/US and you have a great place to switch to Linux.
Since I get asked alot, I am originally from Ukraine but am Russian by nationality. My nick means specter in Russian.
it's true in russia - and pretty much the whole of eastern europe, in romania too - we do a lot of maths and science. but you would be surprised of how few people actually know these things. everyone just cheats on tests, and generally just gets much bigger grades than they would deserve. not to mention the skipping of clases.1) The technical education level is pretty high in the general population since Russian schools emphasize math and science.
so people are not techies or anything like that. that's why i find it quite not-fessable for russia to start using linux
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i thought you were fromn ny, but then i saw your signature. correct me if i'm wrong
people said this same crap in china, and we lost china to microsoft. i really hope the 3 pilot testing areas in russia in 2008 go well and they tell microsoft to go somewhere where the sun doesn't shine. linux needs 1 victory to propell more developers and start to really stir up some government interest. i was saddened to see the $3 deal from microsoft again; everyone said linux would break through in china, and now, after the $3 license deal, bill gates is looked at as a hero in china!! the prime minister of china even visited bill gates' house this year!! just my 0.02 .... i really want linux to succeed, but the russian government is going to really have to step up to the plate
This is just one more of those things that we Linux users just WANT to believe in. We HOPE it's true so much, that it clouds our judgement.
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