Made in India PC for just about $100
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| While global computing giants like IBM and AMD are yet to give
| shape to their ambitious plans for a computer that costs 100
| dollars or less, an Indian company has already set its eyes on
| 10 million potential customers with its up-and-running PC
| priced at Rs 4,500 only.
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http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=85690
According to
http://news.com.com/Indias+renaissance+The+100+computer+-+page+2/2009-1041_3-5752054-2.html?tag=st.num
, it runs GNU/Linux. France is working on something similar and I doubt
Microsoft will offer its software for $3 over there:
France caters to market for the most simple of computers
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| For e39.90, or $53.30 - a e10 premium over the price of most broadband
| subscriptions in France - customers get a white computer roughly the size
| and shape of a toaster. A one-time payment of e29 buys a keyboard, mouse
| and camera; for e99 more, the customer can get a 14-inch color monitor.
|
| [...]
|
| For the operating system, the computer uses a version of Linux with
| a graphic overlay designed by Neuf.
|
| "The choice of open source was both for price and motivation,"
| Charrier said. "We pay no licensing fee for the software, and
| engineers feel motivated to work on a new kind of project that
| helps the open-source community."
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/02/technology/neuf.php
Related:
CIO India: United & Open
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| FOSS is playing an increasingly important role in Indian e-governance.
| NIC has built several portals and applications using Plone, a
| FOSS-based content management system. CDAC-Chennai has developed
| BOSS, a GNU/Linux distribution that is aimed at government departments.
| Many states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and also Delhi, are migrating to
| FOSS in small steps. FOSS is becoming politically mainstreamed. The
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) has asked the Centre to use FOSS
| in all its e-governance initiatives. The draft IT policy of the
| government of Kerala recommends the use of FOSS in e-governance.
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http://www.cio.in/govern/viewArticle/ARTICLEID=3139
OSS diversifies as it gains acceptance
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| The Linux operating system is already making inroads in Indian
| enterprises with huge deployments such as LIC with 2,000 desktops.
| 6,000 schools in Uttar Pradesh have adopted Linux in their
| curriculum.
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http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20070326/anniversaryspecial13.shtml
Meet on free software demands policy changes
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| P.Madhu, MP, said the Free Software movement was gaining a lot of
| momentum across the world and it was a movement for freedom,
| independence and self-reliance.
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http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/05/stories/2007030516130500.htm
Partners in Punjab unite against Microsoft
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| With Microsoft resorting to penalizing the channel community in an
| effort to curb software piracy, industry experts feel that it might
| induce channel to look at selling other options, including Linux
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http://www.dqchannels.com/content/reselleralert/107030506.asp
CPI(M) for free and open source software
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| West Bengal Minister for IT Debesh Das said there were strategic
| benefits with free and open source software as it would reduce
| imports, enhance national security and reduce copyright
| infringement. National Knowledge Commission vice-chairman P.
| M. Bhargava said the world was entering into an era of
| knowledge imperialism using software as an effective tool
| and there was a need to counter this.
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http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/04/stories/2007030411510400.htm
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
Forum for Open Source Initiatives in India Formed
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| Sandeep Menon, convener of FOSII and director of Linux business for
| Novell West Asia, said, "FOSII members belong to various facets
| of the Linux/OSS (Open Source Software) ecosystem, which includes
| the industry, academia, government and the community. Though the
| initial members are all from India, some foreign members too are
| expected to join this forum to share their global experience and
| aid the initiative."
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http://www.itnewsonline.com/showstory.php?storyid=7997&scatid=8&contid=1
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
AP to forge ties with MIT for open source software
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| The Andhra Pradesh government is forging ties with the Massachusetts
| Institute of Technology (MIT), US, for collaboration in the areas of
| e-governance, data standards and service-oriented architecture.
| "MIT will provide funding and technological assistance for
| developing and promoting different software components
| including an open source platform," said state IT secretary
| K Ratnaprabha.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh
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
,----[ Quote ]
| The Linux slip-road that the state took is slowly becoming an
| express highway.
|
| [...]
|
| 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
Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users
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| "Microsoft's strategy of getting developing nations hooked on its
| software was clearly outlined by Bill Gates almost a decade ago," said
| Con Zymaris, CEO of long-standing open source firm Cybersource.
|
| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
|
| "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
| people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
| As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
| They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
| collect sometime in the next decade."[1]
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html
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