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Current Newswire: Dell Ubuntu Order Experience Power Up Linux GUI Apps Ksplice debuts zero downtime service for Linux BM Ups Its Processor Power to 7 KDE.org Relaunched for Software Compilation 4.4 The application is the new the operating system Linux can compete with the iPad on price, but where’s the magic? The Bruno Knaapen Technology Learning Center is Established Anjal: GNOME's Evolution for Netbooks Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition UNIX Systems Administrator (IL) Next Step Systems US-IL-Chicago Post A Job | Post A Resume Should the Gates Foundation Support Linux and Apple Computers in Public Libraries? Sep 2, 2009, 20 :03 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (2876 reads) (Other stories by Phil Shapiro) "Let me tell you a little story about the imbalance of computer platforms in public libraries. The year was 2005. Fairfax County Public Libraries, in Fairfax, Virginia, started offering free audiobook downloads in Windows Media Audio (WMA) file format. These audiobooks could not be heard on any Linux computer, Macintosh computer, or iPod. Not only were the audiobooks in WMA format, they were under DRM (Digital Rights Management.) So if you happened to be blind and you owned an iPod, you could not listen to these audiobooks. Then again, blind people don't need to listen to audiobooks, right?" Complete Story Related Stories: Why the public sector is opening the doors to open source technology(Jul 14, 2009) Three Books Every System Administrator Should Read(Jul 01, 2009) Linux in Libraries an Overdue Concept?(Jun 15, 2009) A Linux Day of Gratitude(Jun 10, 2009) Pupils Conquer Fear of Computers(Jan 06, 2009) Comes Antitrust: Microsoft McCarthyism Exposed(Sep 02, 2009) Open Source Textbook Project Launching(Aug 17, 2009) It's Not the Gates, It's the Bars(Jul 07, 2008) Bill Gates' Disdain for Open Source Even in Retirement(Apr 26, 2008) Microsoft's Open Premise: Divide and Conquer?(Feb 26, 2008) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   It is unstated.    thee.dude Sep 2, 2009, 21:21:25     Re: It is unstated.    barney Sep 2, 2009, 23:47:41     Meadville Public Library    Don Whitbeck Sep 3, 2009, 01:19:07     Don't count on it    alan Sep 3, 2009, 02:56:46     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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