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IT Dept to launch âFoster Keralaâ
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| The year 2010 might see Kerala gaining its
| status as one of the major FOSS destinations
| in the world. Trusting in the great
| potential, itâs youngsters have to cut
| innovative paths in Free and Open Source
| Software (FOSS) domain, the State Government
| has decided to promote research works on
| free software in engineering colleges from
| the next academic year.
|
| The State IT Department is giving final
| touches to âFoster Keralaâ- Free and Open
| Source Technical Competency,
| Entrepreneurship and Research Kerala-
| project, in a bid to engage student
| community to work on FOSS projects at
| national and international levels.
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http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=IT+Dept+to+launch+%E2%80%98Foster+Kerala%E2%80%99&artid=Xr9LNhL4w7U=&SectionID=lMx/b5mt1kU=&MainSectionID=lMx/b5mt1kU=&SEO=&SectionName=tm2kh5uDhixGlQvAG42A/07OVZOOEmts
Opening up opportunities
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| In a bid to cut expenses in the information
| technology (IT) sector, the government has
| adopted an open standards and open source
| software (OSOSS) policy.
|
| This means that, instead of purchasing
| proprietary software, which is usually
| expensive and not open source, like
| Microsoft products, government computers may
| one day be operating on free software like
| Ubuntu and OpenOffice.
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http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=14373
Recent:
141 Kerala legislators get a laptop
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| Thiruvananthapuram: All 141 legislators of the
| state assembly were Tuesday given a brand new HCL
| laptop each.
| Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan handed over one
| laptop to Leader of the Opposition Oommen Chandy
| at the banquet hall of the state assembly.
|
| It is yet to be decided if the legislators would
| be charged for the computers, speaker of the
| assembly K. Radhakrishnan told.
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http://www.mathrubhumi.org/news.php?id=28258
Kerala adopts free and open source software in education
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| The Kerala government has adopted free and
| open source software (FOSS) for the state
| education department and for e-governance.
| The curriculum department Saturday has also | recommended extension of FOSS to higher
| secondary schools.
|
| The implementation of this has been
| entrusted to the IT@school Project, a
| mission mode agency under the stateâs
| general education department.
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http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/kerala-adopts-free-and-open-source-software-in-education_100275020.html
As it expands into virtualization, open source vendor upbeat on RP prospects
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| Red Hat, renowned for its open source
| solutions, is going head-long into the
| virtualization space and is hopeful that
| local companies would adopt what arguably
| is a double-barreled offering â open
| source-based virtualization.
|
| The tech firm said the new product
| offering, to be distributed and supported
| locally by MSI-ECS Philippines starting in
| late 2009, has the potential to benefit
| local enterprises who need a robust but
| inexpensive solution for their IT systems.
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http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/229601/as-it-expands-virtualization-open-source-vendor-upbeat-rp-prospects
Kerala scores with open source training
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| IT Kerala has claimed success in its initiative
| to promote use of free open source software
| (FOSS) in the state, with the first batch of
| its FOSS-skilled personnel trained by the
| Centre for Advanced Training in Free Open
| Source Software, being fully placed in
| government and private organizations.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5146008.cms
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