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  • Linux thrives in left-leaning Kerala

    08/27/2005 2:23:40 PM PDT · by Golden Eagle · 114 replies · 1,380+ views
    NewsForge ^ | August 26, 2005 | Sreelakshmi Haridas
    Kerala, a tiny coastal state in south India, is a site of significant popularity of free software and GNU/Linux. What lessons can Kerala teach other areas about using free and open source software? Kerala, as a state, is strongly grounded in principles of socialism. Most of the educated middle class is leftist, at least in principle. The state is credited with a near 100% literacy rate and better social statistics than most of the rest of the country. And all this is reflected in a spirit among the people to question any decision imposed on them. They resent lack of...