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Linux Gaining Ground In India

Posted by simoniker on from the more-bang-for-your-buck dept.

GillBates0 writes "Yahoo/Reuters is reporting that Linux seems to be gaining over Microsoft in India. According to Red Hat, about 10 percent of India's personal computers will be sold with Linux rather than Microsoft operating systems by March, 2004, up from nothing in January. Linux already drives India's National Stock Exchange, and the Government of India has been promoting open source lately."

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  1. gaining ground by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    oh please don't use the term "gaining ground". India already has border skirmishes with packistan; losing territory to a penguin is not something they'll appreciate!

  2. good for india by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    let them spend the next 20 years trying to configure their linux config files.

    the rest of us can then get our jobs back.

  3. Linux fits well with India by typical+geek · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can have a unique distro for each of their animal headed, multi-armed gods.