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Bridging India's Digital Divide With Linux

Posted by michael on from the routing-around-microsoft dept.

Kinnu provides a pointer to this story about India's increasing use of Linux. They mention a battlefield PDA running Linux, making Linux the standard OS for students, and some more about the Simputer.

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  1. Re:If there's anything worse than being Third Worl by greechneb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If they use linux, it will give them an even greater edge over more advance countries running windows.

    Cheaper Labor, Cheaper Software = Cheaper than everywhere else. Not good.