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Please find enclosed a press release concerning a letter sent to the Government of Rajasthan for a tender floated by the Government for the purchase of laptops pre-loaded with proprietary software. The letter requests the government to re-consider distribution of laptops to students without appropriate teacher preparation, and to consider Free and Open Source Software(FOSS) as a possible alternative to proprietary software. The tender document, press release (also reproduced below) and the letter can be accessed from the following link: http://itforchange.net/Letter_Rajasthan_government_Laptop_purchase_feb2013 thanks, yogesh _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
