Geeks and coders get support from government, corporations
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| But in 2005, a project called the National Resource Centre for Free
| Open Source Software (NRCFOSS), which is still deciding its way
| around, was formed by the government. It has two wings - at the
| Anna University (MIT campus), Chennai, located at the AU-KBC
| Research Centre, and the other at the C-DAC, Chennai.
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| It expects to play the role of being a "bridge between the community
| and the government", and is working on drafting undergraduate
| curricula, training material, deploying FOSS in e-governance,
| offering certification exams in the field and more.
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http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=56748
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
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