____/ Ramon F Herrera on Friday 21 September 2007 07:55 : \____
> On Sep 21, 2:26 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> ELCOT makes laptops affordable for students
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | We have evaluated the products and assessed their Windows and Linux
>> | compatibility.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/14/stories/2007091458150600.htm
>>
>> Here is a laptop:
>>
>> http://elcot.in/student_laptop/laptop-ibm.php
>>
>> More Linux in India:
>>
>> Seminar on Red Hat Linux and Oracle held
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Mr. Angshuman gave presentation to aware the students about Linux.
>> `----
>>
>> http://himachal.us/2007/09/20/seminar-on-red-hat-linux-and-oracle-hel...
>>
>> Related:
>>
>> ELCOT's success story of Suse linux migration
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Electronic Corporation of TamilNadu, India is the Information Technology
>> | arm of Government of TamilNadu, India. ELCOT is a fully owned Government
>> | Company. ELCOT migrated all its operations to suse linux OS within a
>> | period of 12 months. This video shares the success story of ELCOT in
>> | the suse linux migration (June 2007)
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_g72GcaIdc
>>
>> Laptop training for T. Nadu IAS officers
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | They were given orientation in Suse Linux and Windows XP operating
>> | systems, since the laptop computers were loaded with them and Suse
>> | Linum operating system was a new technology, an official press
>> | release here said.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200707052027.htm
>
>
> When Prince Charles and Diana had their first child, there was a
> cartoon where he mused: "I hope he will have the things I never had...
> like India".
>
> Speaking of which, Microsoft lost India, too.
>
> Did we mention Brazil and China?
OOXML too (in all three nations and some of the world's largest populations).
Microsoft has some inertia to spare there because of piracy. They won't see a
penny coming from there and as long as they mock (or punish, /a la/ that
Russian teacher) those whom they like like as pirates, they'll be shunned at a
legislative level. How many countries out there are named and shamed in
various charts just because Microsoft decided that software should be
perceived as a commodity (it's not)? Software cannot be stolen, unless you're
on Microsoft's mindset. It's as silly as the idea of stealing basic ideas or a
joke. It's culture. Other business models existed back in the 70s and they are
returning now. DRM is another {Bad Idea}^TM.
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