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Linux Taking Over Schools in India
slashchris84 writes to mention a BusinessWeek article about the growing role of Linux in the classrooms of India. In a country with a long history of corporate problems and financial issues, the inexpensive and flexible nature of open source software is gaining a lot of ground. From the article: "Two years ago, New Delhi said the best way to improve computer literacy in India was to adopt open source software in schools. Although Kerala is the first to introduce such a program statewide, 18 of India's 28 states either are using Linux or have pilot projects for its use in various government departments and schools. The education ministries in most states, and in Delhi the federal ministries of defense, transport, communication, and health, are all using the software on server computers"
Bwuhahahaha!!!!
From the Times of India website::
MUMBAI: The pesky call centre employee trying to sell you a credit card or mobile phone has suddenly acquired more sinister dimensions: S/he could well be misusing the personal information. A 25-year-old call centre employee from a BPO in Tardeo did just that recently, passing on the personal profiles of customers to members of the Dawood Ibrahim gang.
On Friday, Mumbai crime branch arrested the executive, Hasan, for allegedly pilfering confidential personal information of mobile phone customers and passing it on to Dawood aide Fahim Machmach, who runs an extortion racket from Karachi.
Deputy police commissioner (crime) Dhananjay Kamlakar said the involvement of a call centre executive in an underworld extortion racket was a serious indicator of how the personal data of lakhs of customers of mobile phone and credit card companies was at "grave risk".
Yes, but if they switch from Windows to Linux like the schools are doing, my compromised data will be more secure!