Hi :) I have just forwarded this to the international translators co-ordination mailing list as they were discussing the Kerala case, i've copied some of the posting under this email Regards from Tom :)
Anivar Araind said: "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 implimented 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 " Then these links were added; " Some news links in English from today's coverage http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Software-Migration-ICFOSS-Hails-State-Govt/2014/07/18/article2335680.ece http://freepressjournal.in/kerala-assembly-migrates-to-free-software-platform/ http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/kerala/kerala-assembly-migrates-to-free-software-platform-149244.html http://www.newswala.com/India-National-News/Kerala-assembly-migrates-to-free-software-platform-for-its-business-68287.html http://www.bgr.in/news/kerala-assembly-migrates-to-free-software-platform/ " and from various people; " http://www.zyxware.com/articles/4358/zyxware-helps-kerala-state-legislative-assembly-move-to-free-software http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/kerala-legislature-announces-smooth-transition-to-free-software/article6224551.ece [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOWN/3 " On 23 July 2014 12:14, Jim Seymour <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 08:21:36 +1000 > Tim Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > https://www.gov.uk/government/news/open-document-formats-selected-to-meet-user-needs > > > > the link says it all. Let's hope this trend continues > > > > Two governments in less than a week's time. Very good news! :) > > Regards, > Jim > -- > Note: My mail server employs *very* aggressive anti-spam > filtering. If you reply to this email and your email is > rejected, please accept my apologies and let me know via my > web form at <http://jimsun.LinxNet.com/contact/scform.php>. > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
