Red Hat steps in where Microsoft left in Kerala

So, Mr. VS Achuthanandan frees Kerala state of Microsoft and invites Red Hat to come in :)

Economic Times reports that Red Hat will be raking in all the moolah from the schools. In my earlier post on the issue, I had asked the same questions:

  1. Who is going to install and maintain the Linux systems in various schools even when the software is FREE?
  2. Who is going to re-train the students and professors on a new technology that is used only on 5 - 10% of the world?
  3. Linux certifications - who needs them?

The answer has come - implementation vendor Red Hat.  it is indeed the state spending its money YET AGAIN for an idealogical high ground. What the govt. is doing is really a duplicate effort and the rupees spent here could have been utilized somewhere else on areas where it was needed.

Technorati tags: kerala, linux, myopia, red hat, microsoft

Comments

Anonymous said…
who said red hat is free .. another stupid idea of kerala cpi(m). and mind u redhat is also a american company
December 17, 2007 at 7:14:00 PM GMT+5:30
Abhishek Kant said…
exactly... political high lords know how to extract the political mileage from any issue.. while they continue to be technologically blind, the decisions they take affect millions.. i wonder how much tax payers money will go waste 'cause of the ignorance of the leaders..
December 18, 2007 at 11:30:00 AM GMT+5:30
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