____/ [H]omer on Sunday 30 September 2007 22:43 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that මං ගමරාල spake thusly:
>
>> Need your thoughts on Sri Lanka
>
> It's an island just south of India with a population of approximately 20
> million people.
They have a local FOSS company --
Web services-based app server upgraded by WSO2
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| WSO2 is upgrading its open source application server, which has been centered
| on Web services rather than being of the usual Java variety most common in
| this product space.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070713/tc_infoworld/90146
Sri Lanka based WSO2 makes splash at SOA World
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| The open source middleware technology company WSO2 says its products
| generated wide interest at the SOA World software conference in the United
| States.
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http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?newsID=183828670&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=5
Here are also these (from the past year or so).
Sri Lanka's open source community touts free software without piracy
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| While there is a trend in the industry moving towards GNU/Linux and Free
| and Open Source Software Microsoft Windows is still a dominating force.
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http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?newsID=578686103&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=5#19051423205149853238
EnterpriseDB Partners, Fossmart to offer open source-based database solutions
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| "Sri Lankan businesses are well aware of the benefits of products built
| on open source, but require commercial-grade service and support to
| protect their investments. We will now be able to meet their database
| needs with EnterpriseDB."
|
| [...]
|
| EnterpriseDB has enhanced PostgreSQL, the world?s most advanced open
| source database, to create the award-winning EnterpriseDB Advanced Server.
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http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070513/FinancialTimes/ft334.html
I bet Sri Lanka is one of the places where Microsoft/BSA turn a blind eye to
piracy. Like Bhutan, Sri Lanka could make a policy to move almost everything
to Linux and become technically and economically independent.
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