On: South Korea switching their 3.3M PCs to Linux

[tasogare]

The average CERN user is way more tech savvy than random government workers.

[brnt → tasogare]

The average CERN user already does not use Windows or any MS products. All research infra is Linux (Cern Linux, a CentOS derivative), and apart from a stray Macbook, I've never seen anyone use anything but Linux.

Windows was for a few desktops, administrative staff and optionally email (some Exchange or OWA stuff or sth).

[pjmlp → brnt]

So the whole Windows infrastructure from 2000 - 2005, including the use of Office to write documents in some is gone?

And everyone at HLT has ditched their Apple laptops?

I thought Scientific Linux was no longer a thing (I was a beta user back in the initial release).

[x3n0ph3n3 → tasogare]

Government workers in South Korea are actually some of the brightest in the country. The jobs are extremely competitive and you have to score very highly on a set of standardize tests to qualify.

[walshemj → x3n0ph3n3]

Ah a test, that's defiantly going to get the "best" at passing tests whether this leads to good policy and implementation is arguable, the Active X debacle suggests not.

It is probably more to do with the cultural influence of the Imperial examination