From: "Paul Ranson" 

Well I might be able to if the reports weren't so vague.

'Gyandoot' seems firmly to be in English, FWIW, there's clearly not been any
barrier to using Linux anywhere in this system for several years.

Politics and marketing I suspect.

Paul

"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
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>
> If you really want to know, I suggest you read more on the topic.
>
>  /m
>
> On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 01:01:06 -0000, "Paul Ranson"

> wrote:
>
> >It's a great quote, but what does it mean?
> >
> >Putting information out in the open in Indic languages is supported right
> >now without invoking any proprietariness at all. Presumably I can serve
> >Unicode pages from Linux/Apache? And view them on any standards compliant
> >browser?
> >
> >Paul
> >
> >"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
> >news:tu7otugdnu3rco6e4s7198ql8ctqndk41t{at}4ax.com...
> >>
> >> Great quote:
> >>
> >> "It is just a matter of choosing between a free software and a
> >> monopoly. We feel that when we are putting public information out in
> >> the open, then it should not be through a proprietary software"
> >>
> >>
> >>   /m
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:51:41 -0600, "Joe Barr"
> >>  wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >>
>
>>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=
2
> >8707422
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh has shut the door on Bill Gates. The state
> >> >government schemes will use Linux software. Chief minister Digvijay
Singh
> >> >personally conveyed this to Microsoft boss Bill Gates during an
> >> >interaction last week in New Delhi.
> >> >
> >> >ƒ?oFor us it is not a question of Microsoft versus Linux.
It is just a
> >> >matter of choosing between a free software and a monopoly. We feel
that
> >> >when we are putting public information out in the open,
then it should
> >not
> >> >be through a proprietary software,ƒ?? Mr Singh told ET.
> >> >
> >> >Nor is it merely a public vs private ideological battle.
Germany and
> >Latin
> >> >American countries, particularly Peru and Brazil, have
opted for Linux
> >> >rather than proprietary software to bring down costs, which keep
mounting
> >> >with successive upgrades in the case of proprietary software.
> >>
>

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