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<h1>Extremadura, Spain deploys 80,000 GNOME desktops</h1>
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The Extremadura regional government has <a
href="http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.061803/231695068";>announced</a>
(at GUADEC in Dublin) the completion of the deployment of 80,000 computers running the <a
href="http://www.linex.org/";>LinEx distribution</a> and GNOME in schools.
There's now one system available for every two students. "<span>The Junta of Extremadura has also created 33 computing centers for
the general population. The centers feature one-on-one computer
assistance, so users who are unfamiliar with computers can learn
computer and e-mail basics. The centers have drawn citizens of all
ages and walks of life. The oldest user of the centers is 99 years
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(Posted Jun 18, 2003 17:05 UTC (Wed) by <b>mmarq</b>) (<a href="/Articles/36840/comment">Post reply</a>)
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The all open-source movement needs more victorys like this!...a big aplause for the new heroe "Extrenmadura regional goverment"
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(Posted Jun 18, 2003 20:04 UTC (Wed) by <b>ami [ dot ] ganguli [ at ] stonesoft [ dot ] com</b>) (<a href="/Articles/36898/comment">Post reply</a>)
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I found an IDC report that put the PC shipments in Spain at 380,000 during the first quarter of last year. If we assume that 380k X 4 is a reasonable approximation of the size of the Spanish market, then this deal alone is about 5% of annual sales.<p>That's pretty cool.
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