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Indian Government Keen on Open Source
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.'"
And what is so bad about the OSS news ? I like very much to hear about such things. I also live in a poor country and use OSS. And YES for us who didn`t have money it`s very important that we have an alternative choise and love to hear about it improved, promoted and distributed.
Think like a hacker, act like a hacker, but never become a hacker !