Comments on: Ubuntu in Nov. 18 Daily Yomiuri http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/ubuntu-in-nov-18-daily-yomiuri/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: johnraff http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/ubuntu-in-nov-18-daily-yomiuri/#comment-40869 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:38:47 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/no-subject/#comment-40869 …that’s a very encouraging article btw.

]]> By: johnraff http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/ubuntu-in-nov-18-daily-yomiuri/#comment-40868 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:32:38 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/no-subject/#comment-40868 The Japanese “n” (ん)　sound is pronounced like an “m” to English-speaking ears when it comes before a “b” or “p”. Both English　spellings are found as they’d both be pronounced the same: しんぶん

]]> By: Adrian A. http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/ubuntu-in-nov-18-daily-yomiuri/#comment-40858 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:40:34 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/no-subject/#comment-40858 Good post, thanks … It is ShiMbun, not Shinbun.

]]> By: tommi http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/ubuntu-in-nov-18-daily-yomiuri/#comment-40842 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:46:06 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/no-subject/#comment-40842 The province of Bolzano, Italy, saved over 1 million euro by switching to Open Office.
They also have created a custom GNU/Linux distro (Debian based) to replace Windows in elementary schools, saving over 300.000 euros.

More info (the whole Bolzano story and some info about Free software) here (unfortunately in italian only)

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