Visually challenged professional on a mission
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| He is in the city on an invitation from the Electronics Corporation of Tamil
| Nadu (ELCOT) to install the Orca open source (Linux) and free software for
| use by the visually handicapped persons and to educate ELCOT officials.
| Incidentally, the State’s Rehabilitation Department had given Rs. 5 lakh to
| the ELCOT for purchase of a computer.
|
| “I have been using proprietary software since 1988 and have moved to
| non-proprietary software since 2000, as it gave the much needed freedom. The
| proprietary software is costlier than the costliest laptops. The users are
| under the mercy of software firms, since they are not allowed to carry out
| customisation as per their needs. Hence, I started popularising Ubuntu, a
| community developed operating system on open source,” he said at the
| inaugural session on Monday.
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http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/25/stories/2007102558320500.htm
Related:
Linux gets clicking in TN govt projects
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| The global debate of proprietary software versus open source has
| caught up in the government agencies in Tamil Nadu too. However,
| open-source Linux operating system (OS) seems to have found its
| way into almost all the upcoming government IT projects.
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http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=165633
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
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
First phase of Korea's open-source city is high success
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| Following the trend of open source adaptation in major cities worldwide,
| one of the major Korean cities, Gwangju Metropolitan City, successfully
| jumped onto the open source transition, receiving spotlight from related
| industry.
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http://www.zdnet.co.kr/etc/eyeon/enterprise/0,39036961,39154182,00.htm
LiMux The Penguin: Deep into Munich's Linux F/OSS migration
,----[ Quote ]
| Munich's Linux migration has been a publicity frenzy, a
| software patent poster child, and the subject of a debate
| on the role of government in technology mandates. Now it's
| a real-life IT project, and the key to success is training,
| management, and replacing 170 non-Linux applications.
|
| [...]
|
| Now, after enormous criticism and a nearly complete halt,
| it's becoming a successful migration if for very important
| reasons: it's going well, quietly, and on plan.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2006/110606-munich-linux.html
Ten of the biggest Dutch municipalities say 'enough!' to Microsoft
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| Therefore, the conclusion is, open source in the Netherlands goes
| from the bottom to the top. It might have to do with influence: It
| is far easier for companies like Microsoft to influence/lobby the
| 'one' federal government, than it is to influence about 460
| different municipalities. Slowly and a bit hesitant, but surely -
| and rather unstoppable, open source and open standards are making
| its way in the Dutch government.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/77291/index.html
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