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
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
PC resellers strike against Microsoft in India
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| Stop harassment over piracy or we move to Linux...
|
| [...]
|
| "We have been approached by dealers in other states who are also
| being harassed by Microsoft," Randeri said. "If Microsoft does
| not cooperate, we will tell our dealers to migrate to Linux."
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?newsid=3114
Intensified Battle Lines
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| Some years back Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) spokesperson
| Steven D'Aprano had posed a most intriguing question, "If Microsoft
| has a problem with piracy, it shouldn't be blamed on OEMs who sell
| PCs with Linux pre-installed or no operating system at all. Should
| we discourage supermarkets from selling plain bread, because
| shoppers might steal butter from elsewhere?"
|
| [...]
|
| For long now a tag has been associated with Linux. Industry players
| and resellers say Linux has become a smart, official, cheap and
| convenient form of piracy. The charge, is however, outrightly
| rejected by the Linux vendors.
|
| At their end, open source vendors will not miss an opportunity to
| assert that anyone who has benefited out of piracy is the
| proprietary vendors, like Microsoft.
|
| [...]
|
| Partners are already moving close to Linux vendors for various
| reasons. The days to come will, therefore, offer interesting
| battle lines unfolding between MS and open source players.
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http://www.channeltimes.com/India/Columns/Intensified_Battle_Lines/551-80562-751.html
http://tinyurl.com/37n6do
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