Novell rolls out SUSE Linux 10
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| Novell has announced the worldwide availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise
| 10. Revathi Kasturi, Managing Director, West Asia, Novell said, "We are
| excited to announce the availability of the first complete open source
| Linux platform for the enterprise. We aim to demonstrate the capabilities
| of the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Server and Desktop in customer roadshows
| across the country, including the first fully supported virtualisation,
| application-security, and improved desktop usability." The roadshows will
| be held at Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi and Kolkata.
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http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20060918/market06.shtml
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SUSE Linux Goes Desi
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| Commenting on this, Revathi Kasturi, managing director, Novell West
| Asia, said The localization will give a great boost to the e-Government
| initiatives by the State and Central governments in the project areas
| of community kiosks, as well as the ongoing education initiatives by both
| the Private and Public Sectors.
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http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=75395&cat_id=580
Hoosier Daddy? In Indiana Schools, It's Linux
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| "The use of [Novell] SLED 10, I think, will increase significantly this
| year in schools, and we have Red Hat participating. They are getting
| some penetration in the local schools," Huffman said, adding that one
| school district has been having "a good deal of success with Ubuntu."
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http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=192201386
EC votes for Open Source
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| With Stallman, a passionate evangelist of the Open Source software
| movement, in India on a proselytising mission, the Election Commission
| has decided to uninstall Microsoft Office applications from its entire
| workspace and replace them with the free OpenOffice.
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| [...]
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| From September 1, every Election Commission office will have a PC loaded
| only with OpenOffice and Mozilla or Opera, the open source Internet
| browsers.
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| "In the long run, we feel we should have a non-proprietary
| environment wherever possible," Sen said. So Windows may also go away
| and be replaced with an open source OS like Linux.
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http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=137833
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