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Posted on 11/20/2002 5:34:33 PM PST by amigatec
MP opens windows to Linux ANIL SHARMA
TIMES NEWS NETWORK ?[ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2002 01:42:20 AM ]
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.
“For 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,” 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.
Madhya Pradesh has two significant programmes that reach out to people in a big way: Gyandoot e-governance, which covers 26 out of 45 districts and won the Stockholm Challenge Award for 2000, and the Headstart programme for computer-enabled school education. For the Headstart programme, the state government is now committed to use Linux.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has shown an interest in Gyandoot.
According R Gopalakrishnan, state coordinator for the Rajiv Gandhi missions, the first phase of the Headstart did use Microsoft software, but the next will use Linux.
“This should set at rest any fears that we are anti-Microsoft as such. But we have opted for Linux in this phase, because of the cost factor, and the fact that it avoids costly upgrades and improved versions that are an inseparable element of Microsoft packages,” he said.
“It is a considered decision taken by us. We have noted that several governments in the west and other countries too have opted for the Linux software instead of Microsoft because of a host of considerations,” Mr Singh said.
Bush2000. hehehehehehehehe
Have you hugged TUX today??
I guess the concern is that some ex-employee may have installed some obscure piece of software that would leave us liable for million$.
I'm looking forward to the change!
And when you add in the spyware coming with TCPA, Palladium, and ultimately the "FRITZ" Chip embedded in the Intel and AMD processor chips...Time to switch!!
Wanna be Penguified? Just holla!
Better the turkey than me! Happy Turkey Day!
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Any Admin worth a shi+ knew it and said it in 1995.
We feel that when we are putting public information out in the open, then it should not be through a proprietary software,” Mr Singh told ET.
Well, there's $421M down the drain.
Don't worry when a new upgrade comes out BillyG will just raise the price.
Indeed... one wonders just how they survived for all those many years before Microsoft even existed!
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