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by quasque 14y ago
Here is one example of inferior Greek internationalisation: http://www.openoffice.org/el/ "We need your help to complete the translation of Apache OpenOffice 3.4 into Greek! "This note is in English because we have no one to translate it
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by quasque 14y ago
Source code is not required for such auditing, it just makes it easier in some ways. Anyway, the main method of distribution of open source software is as precompiled binaries so the same issue arises there.
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by quasque 14y ago
Well, it depends on the software. If we're talking about Windows and Office, they're very high quality, standard pieces of software that are an excellent choice for the educational market. As well as having a larger number of people already
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by quasque 14y ago
My point still stands. Why would a government need to modify the source code of Windows or Office? Any customisations or modifications to the stock install would be done by reconfiguring parts of it using the standard tools, or by writing (
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by quasque 14y ago
Your story is unrealistic as the teenager would quite easily be able to acquire CS2 for home use, either through the heavily discounted student version or, I suppose, simply by pirating it. Anyway, GIMP is seriously limited when compared to
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by quasque 14y ago
School is a great place to train people to do all sorts of things - software use included. It can be more useful to train students in commercial software if they are ubiquitous everywhere else. For example, in a graphic design course, one w
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by quasque 14y ago
It's not that sugars (or other nutrients) are bad per se , just the balance in one's diet, i.e. excessive amounts leading to health problems.
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by quasque 14y ago
Sorry I misworded my comment, I meant that local specialists will be needed for commercial software too, to install and maintain it.
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by quasque 14y ago
I do understand that there are useful applications for open source software (I've used it myself for a few projects), but in the context of providing laptops for students and servers for running the school IT infrastructure there really doe
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They will need to hire (or continue to hire) local specialists to install and maintain the software though. I would not be surprised if the wage cost is higher than the cost of the software.
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by quasque 14y ago
Microsoft does make its source code available under the "Government Security Program", so a similar level of auditing is possible. I don't quite understand the problem with governments not being able to modify proprietary source code though
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by quasque 14y ago
A major advantage of them using Microsoft Windows and Office instead of the open source alternatives, is the high quality Greek internationalisation of the software. The same can not be said of the open source offerings.
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by quasque 14y ago
It's a lovely idea, but from a design point of view, the site looks really quite unpleasant: the green pastel background, ugly font choices, an uninviting table of links as the home page, and inlining the figures far too small to be useful.