Hey, really its a great news for our entire community. On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Dhiraj Gaur <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear All > > Just read it this morning in TOI at page 7. PM Office has migrated to Linux > based mailing solution. Its a great achievent for the Open Source Community > in India. > > Here goes the complete report > > BUGGED Virus gripped PMO’s email for 3 months > New Delhi: Email system of the Prime Minister’s Office was under the grip > of > a computer virus for three months last year forcing officials to replace > the > software. The technical glitch plagued the email communication system of > the > PMO, which was based on the Microsoft Outlook Express, from February to > April in 2008. > Although the extent of damage was uncertain, the PMO said that most of > the emails addressed to it were not received. The problem was detected only > in late April after which the Microsoft Outlook Express email software was > discontinued and replaced by — Squirrel mail. > The matter came to light during one of the hearings of the CIC where the > PMO submitted that “there was virus problem during the months of > Feb-Mar-Apr > that was diagnosed only late in April”. The CIC was hearing the plea of one > retired Air Commodore Lokesh Batra, who had complained to PMO, through an > email, about discrepancies in the Hindi version of the RTI Act. AGENCIES > > > Source : Times of India (Page 7) , dated 16/03/2009. > > Regards > > Dhiraj Gaur > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
