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BJP to launch ambitious tech initiative to gain edge in elections
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| In an attempt to use communication and computing technology to gain an edge
| in next year’s elections to India’s Lok Sabha and beyond, the Bharatiya
| Janata Party or BJP is deploying an ambitious technology plan, built on a
| foundation of free and open-source software, which will bring video
| conferencing, Internet telephony and unified communication to around four
| million party workers by 2011.
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| [...]
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| The decision to use open-source software across the board, the party’s IT
| cell says, offers the party a number of significant advantages.
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| “Open-source software gives you a greater flexibility and allows for very
| precise customization,” says Sidharth Gupta, Troop Software, an open-source
| solutions provider working with BJP on its internal communication system.
|
| [...]
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| “The cost advantage open-source software enjoys over most proprietary
| solutions is that it has no incremental cost per user for software.” For most
| proprietary software, adding additional users to a system would require
| additional licences. “But here, whether it’s 500 users or 50,000, that cost
| does not increase,” says Chamarty.
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http://www.livemint.com/2008/06/09232525/BJP-to-launch-ambitious-tech-i.html
That's not what open source means though. This one also seems 'fluffy':
Opengear Adds Open Source Network UPS Tools to Range of Console Servers
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| Opengear, a leading provider of next generation out-of-band management
| solutions, today announced the inclusion of Network UPS Tools in its range of
| console servers, providing a further boost to its overall power management
| offering targeting data centre and remote branch offices.
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| The open source Network UPS Tools provide secure monitoring and control of
| distributed Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) hardware from all the leading
| vendors.
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http://newsblaze.com/story/2008061004031100020.pnw/topstory.html
Recent:
What Policy Should India Adopt for ICT in School Education?
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| Considering that computer science is a strange mix of deep theory as well as
| sophisticated technology, it is very vital for any society to use this
| transparently. Else, we will let some agencies become monopolies. This is a
| serious danger to digital society because, the data that is digitized belongs
| to you and me, and not to the company. But, in reality today, our data has
| been handed over to the proprietary companies, since they alone have the
| license to decode our own documents. This will create a possibility for
| computer crime, which is happening all around our eyes. We should we let this
| happen?
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http://gnowgi.org/2008/04/27/what-policy-should-india-adopt-for-ict-in-school-education/
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