On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 8:21 PM, H.S.Rai <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:33 AM, narendra sisodiya > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A leading bank in India saved Rs 100 crore by moving from MS Office to > Open Office. > > During a presentation in connection with "World Habitat Day", on slide > number 41 ( http://www.slideshare.net/hsrai/world-habitat-day ), I > gave example of saving 100 crore by use of FOSS. > > We can quote this with more emphasis (and listener will get more > confidence) where ever possible, if we do know name of bank. So I > request to share name of bank. > > Prof. Rahul De of IIM Bangalore authored a report on the economic impact of FOSS which showed that India can save close to Rs 10,000 crores by switching to FOSS. The study, titled, *'Economic Impact of Free and Open Source software – A Study in India'*, shows that LIC saved Rs 50 crore, New India Assurance saved Rs 80 crore, the i...@schools project in Kerala saved Rs 49 crore by moving to FOSS. The report can be downloaded from http://www.iimb.ernet.in/~rahulde/RD_FOSSRep2009.pdf Please circulate it widely. Venky
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