Open source is key to reaching 500 million Indian children
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| To support more than 650,000 villages and one half billion youths
| who need education, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
| created a nonprofit organization called Shiksha India in 2001.
|
| [...]
|
| "CII Shiksha has been constantly striving to offer open source solutions at
| different levels, including the operating system (Linux), applications
| (learning management systems and Web portals), and hardware solutions
| (Linux thin-client networks)," says Bhatia. In Shiksha's own offices, open
| source tools are common, with most of the day-to-day work being done on
| computers running Ubuntu and OpenOffice.org.
|
| [...]
|
| Linux is also being used by non-governmental organizations (NGO) and
| educational institutions that have limited technology infrastructure and
| often rely on refurbished or outdated computers. They use educational
| flavors of Linux that provide thin-client connectivity and can run on
| outdated PCs, such as Edubuntu and K12LTSP.
|
| [...]
|
| Bhatia says, "After the creation of our e-learning portal for
| teachers, we feel more confident that we can harness open source
| to benefit other stakeholders in education, including students,
| parents, and institutions."
|
| [...]
|
| Shiksha is dedicated to reaching out to technology-starved rural
| areas in India and helping them become computer-savvy. Open source
| software is one key ingredient in the plan to reach India's nearly
| 500 million youths with technology and education.
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http://community.linux.com/community/07/02/20/1730203.shtml?tid=11
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
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
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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
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