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On Oct 2, 2000 at 07:21, sushil bhakar wrote:
>sorry if this has been already posted by somebody at ilug. recently i
>was very busy and has not gone through ilug mails.
Nobody's posted yet. Nice to see we're recognized by RMS.
There's a separate point which RMS has raised, that I would like to
address. I'm CCing him on this, hope no one minds.
>Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replies:
>Regarding the idea of an "Indian operating system": I think that kind of
>nationalism is not a good thing for world peace.
I think "Indian Operating System" is misleading. What I (and I'm sure
others on this list) would like is inclusion of India in the
internationalisation (I18N) of Linux.
Like support for Indian fonts and languages. At least, docs in Indian
languages. Surely local LUGs could work on that? What say, gang?
C-DAC has, I believe, come up with some Indian script software for MS
platforms. Anyone have an ear there?
A very minor but disturbing (to me) thing: In the time zone or locale
setting, Asia/Calcutta is the only one mentioned. What about Asia/Mumbai?
Okay, it's still the same zone, but language is different. And why
Calcutta? What about Delhi? That's the capital.
This is what I understand by "an Indian Linux distro". Sorry, GNU/Linux.
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