A empresa Omni acaba de anunciar que chegou a acordo com mais 50 instituições de ensino compreendendo Universidades e escolas K-12 (conjunto de escolas que vai desde o jardim-de-infância até ao 12º ano) em 29 Estados dos EUA e em 10 outros países à volta do mundo.
Este acordo insere-se no âmbito do programa "Free the Penguins!" que, devido ao aumento da procura, já estendeu o prazo até ao fim do ano de 2008.
Segundo o comunicado:
"Tough economic conditions have led more universities, colleges and K-12 school districts to consider the hardware, maintenance, space and electricity savings of Multi-station SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktops.
Using this strategy, customers can convert existing stand-alone Windows® desktops, which spend most of the day idle, into Linux
desktops with up to 10 independent, full-featured stations that consist of just a monitor, USB keyboard and mouse.
"While customers
plan to deploy their free desktops in a wide variety of areas—computer labs, classrooms, libraries, outreach sites, VOIP labs, help desk areas—the number one reason why they are considering Linux instead of Windows®, Mac OS® X or thin clients is cost," said Trevor Poapst, Director of Global Marketing at Omni. "Few education customers, particularly in these tough economic times, will say no to a strategy that will allow them to deploy over twice as many desktops for the same budget."
"Stand-alone desktops sit idle for most of the day," continued Poapst."Dual-core or, worse yet, quad-core systems are wasteful for users who typically use less than 10% of their computer's processing power.
Schools cannot afford to be wasteful, particularly when budgets are tight, computer-to-student ratios leave many children behind, and
landfills overflow with digital waste. For the most critical education applications—web browser, email client, typing tutor, office
productivity suite, drawing programs, math and science games, remote control and management software—an open source, Linux-based alternative is something all schools should consider.""
Portugal é mesmo, hum... avançado(?), hum... rico(?), hum... diferente(?), hum... ah!, claro, chocante!
PS: Para quem dúvidas acerca da independência da empresa Omni face às palavras proferidas, gostaria de chamar a atenção para a página de entrada. Certamente todos poderão constatar que o lado negro não lhes é desconhecido...
Entretanto, gostaria de realçar que este empresa utiliza SLES e não tenho qualquer dúvida que os custos ainda seriam menores caso se recorresse a outras soluções completamente livres e gratuitas com integral desenvolvimento executado "dentro-de-portas".
Este acordo insere-se no âmbito do programa "Free the Penguins!" que, devido ao aumento da procura, já estendeu o prazo até ao fim do ano de 2008.
Segundo o comunicado:
"Tough economic conditions have led more universities, colleges and K-12 school districts to consider the hardware, maintenance, space and electricity savings of Multi-station SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktops.
Using this strategy, customers can convert existing stand-alone Windows® desktops, which spend most of the day idle, into Linux
desktops with up to 10 independent, full-featured stations that consist of just a monitor, USB keyboard and mouse.
"While customers
plan to deploy their free desktops in a wide variety of areas—computer labs, classrooms, libraries, outreach sites, VOIP labs, help desk areas—the number one reason why they are considering Linux instead of Windows®, Mac OS® X or thin clients is cost," said Trevor Poapst, Director of Global Marketing at Omni. "Few education customers, particularly in these tough economic times, will say no to a strategy that will allow them to deploy over twice as many desktops for the same budget."
"Stand-alone desktops sit idle for most of the day," continued Poapst."Dual-core or, worse yet, quad-core systems are wasteful for users who typically use less than 10% of their computer's processing power.
Schools cannot afford to be wasteful, particularly when budgets are tight, computer-to-student ratios leave many children behind, and
landfills overflow with digital waste. For the most critical education applications—web browser, email client, typing tutor, office
productivity suite, drawing programs, math and science games, remote control and management software—an open source, Linux-based alternative is something all schools should consider.""
Portugal é mesmo, hum... avançado(?), hum... rico(?), hum... diferente(?), hum... ah!, claro, chocante!
PS: Para quem dúvidas acerca da independência da empresa Omni face às palavras proferidas, gostaria de chamar a atenção para a página de entrada. Certamente todos poderão constatar que o lado negro não lhes é desconhecido...
Entretanto, gostaria de realçar que este empresa utiliza SLES e não tenho qualquer dúvida que os custos ainda seriam menores caso se recorresse a outras soluções completamente livres e gratuitas com integral desenvolvimento executado "dentro-de-portas".
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