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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. Re:It makes sense.... by Coneasfast · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No wonder India likes Linux.... With commands like fsck and chmod, which don't make any sense in english, maybe they make sense in Hindu.

    You are quite ignorant. First of all, what does culture have to do with commands?

    Secondly, Hindu is not a language, it is a religion. The two official languages in India are Hindi and English. Maybe next time you try to make a funny comment, do more research.

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  2. Linux Gaining Ground In India by ece · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And SCO is gaining ground in Linux

  3. Re:Russia has middle class too by jcr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yet overwhelming majority of free software is developed by US and European programmers. Weird, huh?

    Give it time.

    -jcr

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