On Feb 20, 9:52 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Envisage07 Open Source festival Feb 24-25
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> | If you happen to be in Delhi next weekend on February 24-25th, come
> | and visit Envisage 2007, the annual inter-collegiate open source
> | technical festival organized by the students and faculty of the
> | Institute of Informatics and Communications (IIC),
> | University of Delhi.
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> http://os.newsforge.com/os/07/02/19/2129200.shtml?tid=2&tid=15
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> Related:
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> 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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> 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
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> 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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> 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
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> 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
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> Kerala On Linux Express Highway
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> | 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
Go Roy Go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am starting a Roy Schestowitz fan club. Who wants to join?
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