[Leaplist] More conversions to GNU/Linux

["pberry2" at cfl.rr.com]

This is typical of what is happening in the world, everyday.  100 over 
there, 5,000 over here, California is 40th, Indiana is 39th of the 
School Board conversions (by my count), that claim to save a whole lot 
of money by dumping Microsoft.  I posted those links earlier, and they 
are easily found in any search.  These might be a bit hidden, so I 
forward them here.


Ubuntu takes advantage

,----[ Quote ]
| Well, I'm very proud to announce that another Venezuelan institution
| of the government, take our recommendation and then we deploy more of
| 700 HP PCs with Ubuntu and 150 IBM Laptops with Kubuntu.
`----

http://blog.blanco.net.ve/2007/03/ubuntu-takes-advantage.html

Microsoft is not worries because the PCs came with Windows preinstalled, so
no apparent (and perceived) market share was lost.


Recent:

The French Parliament switches to Ubuntu

,----[ Quote ]
| The French Parliament looks to be the next big Ubuntu switcher according to 
| reports. Recently the Parliament produced an official government report 
| that recommended the use of free software over proprietary software. The 
| switch to free software is expected to provide a substantial savings to the 
| tax-payers according to the government study.
`----

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/814


Free Ubuntu laptops for French students

,----[ Quote ]
| Five thousand French students now have laptops running
| Ubuntu, thanks to a local government initiative.
`----

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/597
http://linuxfr.org/2006/10/16/21479.html

End Quote from Usenet, Alt.Linux.Advocasy




Plus, common to all mainboards is that the old BIOS are more and more 
proprietary, and locked into the Microsloppy warp of un-reality, through 
those locked in features, forced upon us, via proprietary BIOS from Ami, 
Phoenix, Award... multiple convicted felon thief Pirate Monopolist 
Microsoft continues the same evil tactics to wrangle their market share 
to be larger than otherwise would through legal competition. 

I do not care to deal with convicted felons, as they tarnish the 
reputation of all who use their broken products.  It is a continuing 
struggle to combat  the embedded forces for evil.  The public is voting 
with their choices, worldwide, and much of the naive user market are 
finally going for Open Source products. 

What I am interested in, recently, is the Open Source or GNU Free BIOS 
for modern computers:   http://sourceforge.net/projects/freebios/

or, OpenBIOS :   http://www.openbios.info/Welcome_to_OpenBIOS

and, LinuxBIOS:   http://linuxbios.org/Welcome_to_LinuxBIOS  (Would you 
believe 1 million users, as of 04-22-2005?).

plus, Das U-Boot project:   http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot