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
Kerala On Linux Express Highway
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| The Linux slip-road that the state took is slowly becoming an
| express highway.
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| [...]
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| 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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