[/.] All Russian Schools Mandated To Use Free Software

All Russian Schools Mandated To Use Free Software

Glyn Moody writes "After running some successful pilots, the Russian government has decided to make open source the standard for all schools. If a school doesn’t want to use the free software supplied by the government, it has to buy commercial licenses using its own funds. What’s the betting Microsoft starts slashing its prices in Russia?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.