2012 September 06 archive at Robert Pogson

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Evolution of IT in Estonian Schools

Published by Robert Pogson September 6th, 2012 in Linux in Education and technology. 0 Comments

In 2004, it was reported that 47% of servers in schools were GNU/Linux but only 3% of PCs were running GNU/Linux. In the face of that Tiger Leap resolved:
“Tiger Leap Foundation has decided that all future software projects supported by them must be released under the terms of GPL (for source code) and Creative Commons (for learning content)”

see Open source software in Estonian schools – Hans Põldoja (2005)

Now, Tiger Leap will implement a Grades 1 to 12 computer programming strand in schools starting with a pilot. While the emphasis is on FLOSS they seem to be ecumenical on OS by using web applications heavily.

- Robert Pogson

1.3 million Android Activations per Day

Published by Robert Pogson September 6th, 2012 in technology. 9 Comments

“Of those 1.3 million daily activations, Schmidt said that around 70,000 were for Android tablets, and he put the installed base of Android devices at around 500 million devices.”

see The H Open – Google: 1.3 million Android devices activated every day.

It is puzzling why Android/Linux has been such a spectacular success for smart phones yet continues to lose ground to Apple’s walled garden on tablets. Is it the lawsuits? The cool? The quality? The price? I don’t see it. Retailers are offering a variety of Android/Linux tablets and they are best-sellers. Perhaps OEMs are not letting them connect to Google’s market somehow so they are not being counted… Perhaps the problem is that many still do not run Android 4.x.

- Robert Pogson

Lenovo Acquires PC Maker in Brazil

Published by Robert Pogson September 6th, 2012 in technology. 5 Comments

Lenovo acquires PC and consumer electronics group in Brazil | ITworld.

CCE make a mess of desktop PCs running GNU/Linux (Satux based on Debian GNU/Linux).

This should allow Lenovo a bigger share of Brazil and perhaps South America where PCs are a growth industry and GNU/Linux is popular.

- Robert Pogson

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.