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Story: Millions in India to get OpenOffice
Today, almost all software and operating systems and websites in India are
in the English language. Since English is a language spoken by less than 10
percent of India's population (generally considered to be the language of
the affluent) language is a significant barrier for the other 90 percent of
India.
This is creating a new class of people who live in what can be called as
"Information Poverty" even as technology becomes cheaper and cheaper. To
destroy this barrier we need to create a national-level, collaborative
effort to localise Linux to Indian languages.
The task undertaken by CDAC team( formerly NCST) especially Mr RKVS Raman is really amirable.
As an alumni of the same Institute, I have seen these people working really hard to get the project done.
I appreciate Mr Raman's work and wish him all the best.
(http://www.cs.odu.edu/~slohgaon)
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Story: Millions in India to get OpenOffice
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Open Office, but which version - Windows or Linux.... Sandeep Kachru -
Which is what they should do. Market low-cost... Vedu -
Both Windows and Linux versions were distribu... RKVS Raman -
they should do that in the US and europe too.... pascal -
Today, almost all software and operating systems a... Shrikant Lohgaonkar -
Today, almost all software and operating systems a... Shrikant Lohgaonkar -
It's an great initiative by the indian govt. & CDA... Tarun -
Although I have no direct connection with Ind... Anonymous -
It's a welcome move and should be encouraged but b... Nitin Sharma -
Brilliant move. The way to go. Probably should als... S. Vasanth Kumar
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