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 LPI Affiliated With Global Open Source Communities, Dec 09, 2003

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the premier not-for-profit, professional certification program for the Linux community worldwide, has affiliated with Open Source communities in Brazil, Bulgaria, the Caribbean and Middle-East to increase professionalism, exposure and participation of Linux by corporate, government and academic environments in each country.

As our society becomes ever more dependent on information technology, the gulf between those who understand computers and those who don't will get wider and wider. In 50 years, perhaps much less, the ability to read and write code will be as essential for professionals of every stripe as the ability to read and write a human language is today. If your children's children can't speak the language of the machines, they will have to get a manual job - if there are any left.

This is yet another reason why Windows is such a dangerous commodity. It lulls us into the pernicious illusion that we can deal with computers without adapting to their logic. By presenting us with colourful screens and buttons for us to click on, Microsoft encourages us to believe that we can force computers to adapt entirely to our preferences for visual images, without having to adapt ourselves to their preference for text.

The University of Nebraska considers leaving Windows and Intel environment for cheaper Linux-ready Lotus

The site features cases studies about Linux implementation that are geared to school IT staffs to provide examples, proofs, and contact information for people who are willing to help.

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