Schools Siberia did not like the terms of Microsoft and Adobe

Officials from the formation of the nine regions of Siberia discussed proposals for Microsoft, Adobe, “Kaspersky Lab” and “Alt Linux on the purchase of software for schools. Terms of American manufacturers have been declared inadmissible. Schools are encouraged to use domestic products.

In Novosibirsk, a seminar was held, non-commercial partnership “Informatization of Education in Siberia”, which was attended by representatives of education authorities, departmental agencies responsible for the informatization of the education system from nine regions of the Siberian Federal District: Republic of Altai, Tyva, Khakassia, Altai, Baikal and Krasnoyarsk (mode videoconferencing) edges of the Kemerovo, Novosibirsk and Tomsk regions.

Participants familiarized themselves with the proposals of companies Microsoft, Adobe, “Alt Linux” and “Kaspersky Lab” to supply software to schools. Minutes of the seminar is available.

The paper argues that the seminar had decided “to consider the proposal Microsoft and Adobe unacceptable in terms of the requirements of the centralized purchase of software for all computers in educational institutions.” Coordination Council of Interregional Association “Siberian Agreement” Education (is developing a regional educational policy, the head of the Board - Head of the Department of Education of Novosibirsk Region Vladimir Ivanov), the seminar recommended to negotiate with these companies “on more flexible terms for licensing the products for educational institutions” …

26 February 2010

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