Re: [tlug] linux in Japanese schools

["Edmund Edgar" <lists@example.com>]

Let's not get too excited.

ことしインターネットを安全に使うことができなくなったウィンドウズ９８などのパソコンが、全国の公立学校だけで４◦頗台に上りましたが、経済産業省は来
年度から、「リナックス」と呼ばれる無償の基本ソフトを利用して、こうしたパソコンを再生た浸る事業を始めることになりました。

"This year the number of PCs unable to access the internet safely, because they're running Windows 98, hit 400,000 in public schools alone. But according to the Ministry of Trade And Industry Or Whatever They Call It Nowadays, work has begun that would allow PCs like these to be reborn running free software called "Linux".

The detailed page says that they're going to distribute Linux to schools that want it. I'm not sure that getting a copy of Linux has ever been a big problem for schools that want it, though...

Obviously it's nice to hear that the ministry of something is backing Linux, but even then, the article doesn't mention the education ministry thinking this is a good idea, let alone all the local education boards and schools that will be making the decisions...