IIT alumnus takes software to battlefront and beyond
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| Singh said: 'We continue to see Linux and open standards gain
| tremendous momentum in mission-critical military systems. Linux is
| rapidly becoming the leading de-facto open standard embedded platform
| in systems that require a high degree of interoperability and
| software reuse.'
|
| [...]
|
| 'A few years back, the military was thought to be the last holdout
| against embracing open source, due to their specialised requirements
| for mission-critical applications. As it turns out, Linux technology
| is being widely used today in many military applications, including
| several weapons and battlefield systems. The adoption of Linux
| is growing.'
|
| [...]
|
| 'India is already providing many software services around both
| embedded application software and open source. There are a growing
| number of people in India who are very familiar with Linux and the
| embedded industry,' he said.
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http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/248308/cs/1/
Related:
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
I use GNU/Linux... and I am HAPPY with it!
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| Two-three months back, there was a news in rediff.com which said that
| the biggest girls school in Kerala has changed the policy and they
| use GNU/Linux for teaching. Those small girls learning computer,
| learn GNU/Linux only and they find it very easy. As they have
| never used MS Windows, they are unbiased.
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http://cleverviv.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/i-use-gunlinux/
Another $100 PC is here, but what is inside?
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| NetPC comes with a monitor, keyboard, mouse, a Linux operating
| system (and free open source software), an access device (for
| accessing the Internet), and connects to a server over a local
| area network and offers some free entertainment.
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=7684c55c-ebc6-4a97-a9e4-3a94722352b9&&Headline=Another+%24100+PC+is+here%2c+but+what+is+inside%3f
http://tinyurl.com/yoqabk
HRD hopes to make $10 laptops a reality
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| So far, the cost of one laptop, after factoring in labour charges,
| is coming to $47 but the ministry feels the price will come
| down dramatically considering the fact that the demand would
| be for one million laptops.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/TOIonline/India/HRD_hopes_to_make_10_laptops_a_reality/articleshow/1999849.cms
Made in India PC for just about $100
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| While global computing giants like IBM and AMD are yet to give
| shape to their ambitious plans for a computer that costs 100
| dollars or less, an Indian company has already set its eyes on
| 10 million potential customers with its up-and-running PC
| priced at Rs 4,500 only.
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http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=85690
CIO India: United & Open
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| FOSS is playing an increasingly important role in Indian e-governance.
| NIC has built several portals and applications using Plone, a
| FOSS-based content management system. CDAC-Chennai has developed
| BOSS, a GNU/Linux distribution that is aimed at government departments.
| Many states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and also Delhi, are migrating to
| FOSS in small steps. FOSS is becoming politically mainstreamed. The
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) has asked the Centre to use FOSS
| in all its e-governance initiatives. The draft IT policy of the
| government of Kerala recommends the use of FOSS in e-governance.
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http://www.cio.in/govern/viewArticle/ARTICLEID=3139
OSS diversifies as it gains acceptance
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| The Linux operating system is already making inroads in Indian
| enterprises with huge deployments such as LIC with 2,000 desktops.
| 6,000 schools in Uttar Pradesh have adopted Linux in their
| curriculum.
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http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20070326/anniversaryspecial13.shtml
Meet on free software demands policy changes
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| P.Madhu, MP, said the Free Software movement was gaining a lot of
| momentum across the world and it was a movement for freedom,
| independence and self-reliance.
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http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/05/stories/2007030516130500.htm
Partners in Punjab unite against Microsoft
,----[ Quote ]
| With Microsoft resorting to penalizing the channel community in an
| effort to curb software piracy, industry experts feel that it might
| induce channel to look at selling other options, including Linux
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http://www.dqchannels.com/content/reselleralert/107030506.asp
CPI(M) for free and open source software
,----[ Quote ]
| West Bengal Minister for IT Debesh Das said there were strategic
| benefits with free and open source software as it would reduce
| imports, enhance national security and reduce copyright
| infringement. National Knowledge Commission vice-chairman P.
| M. Bhargava said the world was entering into an era of
| knowledge imperialism using software as an effective tool
| and there was a need to counter this.
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http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/04/stories/2007030411510400.htm
Indian Policy Makers Call For Greater Use Of Open Source
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
,----[ Quote ]
| "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
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users
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| "Microsoft's strategy of getting developing nations hooked on its
| software was clearly outlined by Bill Gates almost a decade ago," said
| Con Zymaris, CEO of long-standing open source firm Cybersource.
|
| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
|
| "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
| people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
| As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
| They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
| collect sometime in the next decade."[1]
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html
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