Free software wars re-ignite
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| It might be early days yet in India , but not many believe that India Inc can
| remain untouched from corporate America for long—more than half of the
| Fortune 500 companies are reported to be using free operating system Linux in
| their data centres. “In India, the influence of open source among corporates
| will take some time as the community developer model is still at an infant
| stage, according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers associate director, Pradip
| Bhowmick. “I think with government taking an initiative to push the open
| source model, the community of developers will start growing here,” he adds.
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http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=168131#1129434746020252595
They cite a 'study' that was commissioned by Microsoft without saying so. Bad,
bad journalism. More lies, sponsored by Microsoft and injected into people's
minds.
Related:
Indian Policy Makers Call For Greater Use Of Open Source
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| A wide spectrum of policy makers called for the greater usage of open
| source to modernize India in the digital era and the re-evaluation of
| the laws pertaining to Intellectual Property. The event sought to examine
| the notion of intellectual "property," in the context of traditional
| knowledge, globalization and the growth of the open source movement
| worldwide.
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http://in.sys-con.com/read/281396_p.htm
Tamil Nadu (India) Shutting the Door On Microsoft
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| "The managing director of the IT procurement, consulting, and training
| agency for the Tamil Nadu government describes the reasons why he has
| chosen OSS, and also how he dealt with Microsoft executives."
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http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/03/0226229&from=rss
Kerala On Linux Express Highway
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| The Linux slip-road that the state took is slowly becoming an
| express highway.
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| [...]
|
| If we twist Napoleon's quote on China a bit, we can safely say, "Linux is a
| sleeping giant, let it sleep, because when Linux moves the world moves!"
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=16139&magid=11
India can live without Microsoft
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| More than 6,500 Linux systems have already been packed off to
| villages and another 6,100 Acer desktop systems with Suse on
| their way.
|
| Umashankar said that more than 20,000 desktop systems will be
| installed in schools that will only run on Suse. All ELCOT
| servers will run on Redhat. ELCOT expects to train 30,000
| government officials in Linux and Open Office too.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36689
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