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Indian Government Moves to Let Linux In

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the come-and-knock-on-our-door dept.

Webi writes "The government of India has started taking precise, wide-reaching steps to usher in a Linux wave in India." India sure seems to be a highly contested arena lately. Interestingly, India's plan calls for government-sponsored support and call centers. Looks like they've really thought this through.

3 of 326 comments (clear)

  1. Re:English in India by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Anybody in India who is well-off enough to deal with computers almost almost definately speaks English

    Better than you, I'm guessing.

  2. Re:Software spending? by inteller · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I dunno, sounds like the perfect place for a cheapskate platform like Linux.

  3. Hurray for socialism! by lseltzer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    So now Slashdot officially endores state central planning? The government really seems to have thought this out all right, I guess we should let them decide what software we should run. Hey, it worked in the .su, didn't it?