Came across a news item on Alex Exler’s website about an article on the KP site “Stavropol scientists from the Sheep and Goat Research Institute have developed a Microsoft product analog” (https://www.stav.kp.ru/daily/26678/3701936/, also on Regnum https://regnum.ru/news/innovatio/2274999.html). Decided to dig deeper, especially since this creation was supposed to be presented yesterday. Consider the length of the quote and the credentials of the interviewee. Besides being four, sources say he’s also the head of the institute’s IT laboratory. It turns out he’s the developer. Well okay, now let’s get to the point.
The name – Ivan OS. Based on – Linux.
“It took five years and 40 million rubles to develop the Stavropol analog of Windows. A team of seven scientists worked on the product.” – it turns out, the “scientists” received 95,000 rubles/month. “The name, Belov explained, was chosen deliberately. The programmers want to create a brand recognizable worldwide, hence its name emphasizes that it was made in Russia.”.
Belov: “Firstly, the seven people are just the software developers, let’s not forget about the methodologists, accountants, organizers. Secondly, we are presenting not just our own OS assembly, but a technological platform, one of the components of which is IVAN OS. Thirdly, besides the FGBNU VNIIOK, the main owners of the technological platform are two Russian scientific organizations, LLC NPO ‘Cloud Information Systems’ and LLC NPK ‘Etalon’. Fourthly, the per-person cost estimates are inflated. However, wait for the official presentation. It seems like a strange rehashing of rumors.”
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