India to Create New Chip: Guess Which OS it's Using?

[ Thanks to Jimbo and the Jet Set for this link. ]

"In fact, they'd be mad to do anything else. First, because GNU/Linux is well proven, to say the least; it means they can take decades of work and use it straightaway.

"Secondly, it's open, so the Indian government can be sure (a) it doesn't contain any backdoors that US secret services might have placed in other operating systems and (b) it won't go away."

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