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Open Source Software saves Indian IT@schools program $2 million
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| Government authorities in the Indian State of Kerala will save more $US2.27
| million by using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) on computers to be
| installed in schools throughout the state as part of an $US11.7 million
| (Rs.57 Crore) expansion to its IT@School project.
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http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/tech-news/open-source-software-boosts-indian-itschools-program_100222131.html
Society - maybe there is such a thing after all
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| We have examples of endeavours such as Wikipedia, that are only able to be
| created by a community, working together to create something they could not
| create individually. The Open Source Software community is another example.
| Such community efforts deliver efficiency, but the primary driver is an
| ethical one; as Glyn Moody comments when discussing the General Public
| License "It is not trying to be “efficient”, it is trying to be ethical;
| ideally you want both – and in many respects, the culture that the GNU GPL
| fosters is extremely efficient. But if efficiency and ethics clash, ethics
| win every time."
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http://globalvillagegovernance.blogspot.com/2009/07/society-maybe-there-is-such-thing-after.html
Related:
Indian Schools Adopt Virtual Desktops From NComputing
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| NComputing is working with the state governments of Assam and Tamil Nadu on
| pilots for the deployment of its virtual desktop technology on Linux PCs,
| according to Dukker.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/152183/indian_schools_adopt_virtual_desktops_from_ncomputing.html
CII-Shiksha Integrates Open Source In Curriculum
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| As part of its Special Series on Integrating Open Source in Curriculum,
| CII-Shiksha undertook a 6-months pilot project with six schools of Delhi. Ten
| mathematics teachers from these six schools participated in the pilot and
| worked on GeoGebra -- an open source/free software for mathematics. The
| teachers created dynamic applets in geometry and algebra.
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/26276/news.htm
What Policy Should India Adopt for ICT in School Education?
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| Considering that computer science is a strange mix of deep theory as well as
| sophisticated technology, it is very vital for any society to use this
| transparently. Else, we will let some agencies become monopolies. This is a
| serious danger to digital society because, the data that is digitized belongs
| to you and me, and not to the company. But, in reality today, our data has
| been handed over to the proprietary companies, since they alone have the
| license to decode our own documents. This will create a possibility for
| computer crime, which is happening all around our eyes. We should we let this
| happen?
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http://gnowgi.org/2008/04/27/what-policy-should-india-adopt-for-ict-in-school-education/
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