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Silicon.com: French schools go open source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 10, 1999

[ Thanks to Phillip
Brown
for this link. ]

“Linux got yet another boost today with news that French schools
across the nation are to deploy the operating system on Cobalt
servers….”

“The roll-out will begin later this month. A spokesman for the
company said the qube is perfect for the education market because
they are specifically designed to be set-up by people with minimal
IT skills. Using Linux, he added, was also an obvious choice
because of the lack of software licensing costs.


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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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