Govt body to promote open-source software
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| The centre has already begun a dialogue with engineering colleges in
| Gandhinagar and Nadiad. NRCFOSS initiates programmes and promotes development
| and deployment of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) tools, technologies,
| products, architectures and solutions in various relevant application
| domains.
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http://www.business-standard.com/economy/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu2&subLeft=1&autono=291228&tab=r#322805030095463952
Government officials are already migrating to Linux (gradually). Microsoft
loses its grip there. Here's a new video:
ELCOT's success story of Suse linux migration
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| Electronic Corporation of TamilNadu, India is the Information Technology
| arm of Government of TamilNadu, India. ELCOT is a fully owned Government
| Company. ELCOT migrated all its operations to suse linux OS within a
| period of 12 months. This video shares the success story of ELCOT in
| the suse linux migration (June 2007)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_g72GcaIdc
Very recent:
A New Chapter in Judiciary and Information Technology
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| Today—for many reasons—is a happy day for us. The Allahabad High Court
| website is being inaugurated and e-court project is being launched by
| symbolic distribution of laptops to the Judges of the subordinate judiciary.
| The decision to distribute laptops is a good decision not only for the
| judiciary but also for the future of the information technology.
|
| [...]
|
| About fifteen thousand laptops are being distributed throughout the country
| and out of these, seventeen hundred are for our State. These laptops have
| linux—an open source software—as operating system. It is not that open
| source does not have IPR problems but they are less than the
| proprietary software.
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http://kvtrust.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-chapter-in-judiciary-and.html
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
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