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Another Indian State Moving To FOSS

Posted by kdawson on from the dominoes dept.

james.infidel writes "The Hindu, a leading national newspaper, reports that the Communist government of Kerala (the state with the highest literacy rate in India) has announced its all-out support for FOSS in the draft IT policy announced yesterday. The draft also calls for preferential treatment for companies coming forward to work in the FOSS domain.

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  1. First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank you, come again!

  2. Interesting?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anyone care to explain how this is already at +3 interesting, instead of -1 offtopic?

    1. Re:Interesting?! by houghi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      A normal post has +1. A high karma gets a +1. A paying slashdotter gets a +1. Presto your +3.

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  3. Hindu : info by anand78 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slightly off topic : How many of you know what a Hindu is. I am in US and interacted with a lot of folks here who think all Brown skins Indian looking folks are Muslims. Never realizing that 80% of Indians are Hindu's, a religion older than Christianity or Islam. Buddhas are an offshoot of Hinduism. Another interesting fact in Terms of numbers India has the largest population of Muslims.