[ Thanks to M.
Fioretti for this link. ]
“In november 2010 I discovered the existence of
Federica, the tridimensional virtual square” that should be the
innovative web-learning system of the Federico II University in
Naples. Out of curiosity, I decided to visit it and all I got was a
black screen and some perplexities. Some of them, which I described
in another page are on the very sense of a website like that,
others are more specific. I got a black screen because I use Linux,
while (quoting from the University website):“the 3D campus of Federica was implemented with Immersion, the
real-time software for 3D visualization and interactive simulation
for Windows and Mac OS X platforms entirely developed in Italy by
Immaginaria snc.“In 2008 the Linux User Group of Naples had already defined Free
Software in the Federico II University “a missed opportunity”,
because “students are forced to buy expensive proprietary software
and… there are online service like the ESIS exam booking
website that are only accessible with Microsoft Windows and
Internet Explorer”