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Indian Government Keen on Open Source

Posted by Zonk on from the subcontinent-with-taste dept.

manugarg writes "The Indian government is distributing free CDs of localized open sorce softwares like Firefox, OpenOffice.org etc. to encourage the use of computers across the country. ZDNet reports, 'The Indian government's decision to ship free software in this way likely will be a blow to Microsoft, which plans to release a low-cost version of Windows in India soon. Microsoft originally hoped to release its Windows XP Starter Edition--a low-cost, feature-restricted version of Windows XP--by the end of March, but it's now aiming for a June release.'"

2 of 195 comments (clear)

  1. Nice planning. by get+out+of+debt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great woo hoo I got a CD. Now all i need is a pc, monitor and keyboards.

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  2. Re:Another potentially missed deadline... by Quirk · · Score: 4, Funny
    Your sig: "If you find this post offensive, don't read it!"

    Do you suffer from some weird kind of epistemological dyslexia? Do you, unlike the rest of us, have some grok like, gestalten faculity that allows you to sense whether a post is offensive before you read it? Ah, you are a l337 jedi, able to sense the dark side.

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