A official United Nations report praised high quality and high reliability free open source software. A organization that provides funding by the United Nations has launched a "guide" in the public education field to encourage the use of Linux open source software.
The International Open Source Network (IOSN) is part of the United Nations Development Program, which announced the "Guide" in the education field in the education field. The primary reading of FOSS (Free Open Source Software Free Open Software) describes the advantages of using open source software and servers and desktop software used in education.
The Guide said that the advantages of open source software include lower fees; provide students with learning programming by checking and modifying source code. And better reliability than proprietary software.
"Guide" said: "Development of the development of the FOSS is to ensure that the open source software has high quality, and the defect will be away from open source software with the help of many developers, all of which will be able to lead to the open source software more reliable. This special Suitable for gradually mature FOSS servers. The guide has released a creative public license, allowing other organizations to copy and distribute their open source software. Last year, the International Open Source Network (IOSN) released the Linux Guide on the desktop for beginner PC users.
The British government is also encouraged using open source software in the field of education. At the British Education League, the British Education Branch is famous, and Ruth Kelly, the British Education and Science and Technology Ministers emphasizes that open source software is very useful in education. Ruth Kelly said: "We think that its high quality and sufficient support of open source code solutions have already played a very important role in the education world."
At Bett Exhibition, Schoolinux.com also demonstrated its products. This is a company specializing in developing Linux tools for schools. At present, the school has developed open source code desktop operating system asking letters like tide into the company's office. .
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