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The GNOME Journal: Macedonia Deploys 5,000 GNOME in Public Schools

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 5, 2005

[ Thanks to Arangel
for this link. ]

“When the Republic of Macedonia decided to deploy Linux in 468
schools and 182 computer labs nationwide, they chose GNOME on an
Ubuntu distribution…

“Republic of Macedonia is a small country in Southern Europe
with a population of around 2 million. Internet penetration is only
around 5% and software piracy rate is rampant. Also, the government
does not play any major role in the development of the ICT
(Information and Communication Technologies) and a private sector
is dominated by Microsoft technologies…”


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