Open source software gets a chance in Russia

CNews found out a pilot open source software project was to be launched in the educational institutions in Tomsk Region and Tatarstan. According to the Ministry of Communication plans, in case of its successful implementation up to the 2009 year end an alternative software package is to be installed in all the Russian schools. The main domestic Linux distributors have got interested in the pilot project.

Open source software gets a chance in Russia.