On 23 November 2010 22:43, Harish CM <[email protected]> wrote: > A major victory > > FOSS activists term this a major victory for the Free Software movement in > India. “Being in the early stages of e-governance, this will not only impact > governance but society as a whole. This is a major victory,” says Gurumurthy > Kasinathan of IT4Change, a Bangalore-based NGO. > > Venkatesh Hariharan, corporate affairs director of Red Hat, a global Open > Source technologies firm, says that with this, India joins the global open > standards movement. “It's significant because some of the largest green-field > e-government projects in the world are in India. Therefore, the standards > used by India will make a major difference to the world.” > > Keywords: e-governance >
Yes it makes a lot of difference , we would be seeing more free software in Govt sectors . Thanks to one and all who made this happen . Regards, Pavithran -- pavithran sakamuri http://look-pavi.blogspot.com -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
