---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anivar Aravind <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 1:58 PM Subject: Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice To: [email protected], [email protected], LibreOffice-l10n <[email protected]>
The Kerala Legislative Assembly[1] (Kerala state , India) as of July 17, 2014 produces all its documentation, both printed and digital, on a Free Software platform using Libreoffice . Hon. Speaker announced in Legislative assembly yesterday . The point which makes this undertaking unique is the fact that the complete documentation at the Niyamasabha is done in Malayalam, a complex text indic scipt The migration process is implemented with the support of Zyxware Technologies[2] in association with ICFOSS[3], a govt centre to promote foss and Swathanthra Malayalam Computing(SMC)[4] , a FOSS developer community working on Indian Language support and localizations. See below poster . https://www.facebook.com/SMC.Project/posts/751600641550557 Some media reports about the same is published in vernacular language press and it is available here http://www.madhyamam.com/news/298250/140716 http://www.eastcoastdaily.com/2014/07/16/free-software/ The migration was in the light of Government of Kerala's recent order announced its intention to transition computers in the Departments, institutions and PSUs under it to Free and Open Source platforms, in the opportunity caused due to expiry of support period to Windows XP. [5] International centre for free and open source software(ICFOSS) has brought out a Handbook last month to support the process of migration [6] Related Links [1] http://www.niyamasabha.org/ [2] http://www.zyxware.com/ [3] http://icfoss.in [4] http://smc.org.in [5] http://icfoss.in/G.O.109.pdf [6] http://icfoss.org/FS-Migration-Draft-Handbook.pdf ~ regards Anivar Aravind Secretary Swathanthra Malayalam Computing http://smc.org.in
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