Linux Education in America: Inspiration from Russia? | Linux Today

Linux Education in America: Inspiration from Russia?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 25, 2007

“The reason that the Russian announcement is funny boils down to
the perception over the years that Russia equates to
totalitarianism, whilst here in America we’re all about Freedom and
innovation. Yet our educational system–the very underpinnings of
how we’re growing out future technological talent, is based upon
the inversion of what one would expect given the respective
reputations of both countries.

“There’s an irony that simply couldn’t be planned. I could not
have predicted this, in other words…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

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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