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[News] Linux is Growing on India's Desktops

  • Subject: [News] Linux is Growing on India's Desktops
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:18:20 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Linux becoming visible on desktops

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| The Penguin (named Tux) is finally making inroads as an operating system (OS) 
| on desktops too. While it has an over 20 per cent market share when we speak 
| of servers in India, the free OS called Linux has just around 5 per cent 
| market share in the country when it comes to desktops – the lion’s share 
| going to Microsoft Windows.    
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http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=293093&leftnm=8&subLeft=0&chkFlg=


Related:

Open Source - An Unstoppable Giant  

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| Presently, surfing the internet portal, checking bank balance online, booking 
| railway tickets, searching jobs, logging in to a matrimonial site, or paying 
| insurance premiums is often done by the application of open source Linux 
| operating system.   
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http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/Open-Source_-_An_Unstoppable_Giant/551-82455-911.html


Open Source and the SMB

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| SMBs are getting attracted towards Linux-based servers. Menon says that over 
| 70 percent of customers plan to implement Linux-based solutions in some 
| manner in the next two years, and the awareness of Linux and its benefits are 
| high in the SMB segment. He says, “Less restrictive licensing policies and 
| the ability to bundle all the bits and pieces into one comprehensive package, 
| instead of first selling the OS, and then charging for access licences and 
| every small tool and add on facility is something that SMBs appreciate.”      
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http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20070730/opensource01.shtml


PC resellers strike against Microsoft in India

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| Stop harassment over piracy or we move to Linux...
| 
| [...]
| 
| "We have been approached by dealers in other states who are also
| being harassed by Microsoft," Randeri said. "If Microsoft does
| not cooperate, we will tell our dealers to migrate to Linux."
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?newsid=3114


Laptop training for T. Nadu IAS officers

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| They were given orientation in Suse Linux and Windows XP operating 
| systems, since the laptop computers were loaded with them and Suse 
| Linum operating system was a new technology, an official press 
| release here said.
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http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200707052027.htm


ELCOT's success story of Suse linux migration

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| Electronic Corporation of TamilNadu, India is the Information Technology 
| arm of Government of TamilNadu, India. ELCOT is a fully owned Government
| Company. ELCOT migrated all its operations to suse linux OS within a 
| period of 12 months. This video shares the success story of ELCOT in 
| the suse linux migration (June 2007)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_g72GcaIdc


Indian dealers are squealers over Microsoft piracy raids

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| The resellers have also planned boycotts against Microsoft.
| Those participating in the strike agreed to stop all purchases
| of Microsoft products for this quarter.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/05/18/indian_tech_vendors_protest_microsoft/


Intensified Battle Lines

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| Some years back Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) spokesperson
| Steven D'Aprano had posed a most intriguing question, "If Microsoft
| has a problem with piracy, it shouldn't be blamed on OEMs who sell
| PCs with Linux pre-installed or no operating system at all. Should
| we discourage supermarkets from selling plain bread, because
| shoppers might steal butter from elsewhere?" 
| 
| [...]
| 
| For long now a tag has been associated with Linux. Industry players
| and resellers say Linux has become a smart, official, cheap and
| convenient form of piracy. The charge, is however, outrightly
| rejected by the Linux vendors.
| 
| At their end, open source vendors will not miss an opportunity to
| assert that anyone who has benefited out of piracy is the
| proprietary vendors, like Microsoft. 
| 
| [...]
| 
| Partners are already moving close to Linux vendors for various
| reasons. The days to come will, therefore, offer interesting
| battle lines unfolding between MS and open source players.
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http://www.channeltimes.com/India/Columns/Intensified_Battle_Lines/551-80562-751.html
http://tinyurl.com/37n6do

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