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ZDNet UK: Open Source PCs Take a Passage to India

Nov 17, 2005, 16:00 (0 Talkback[s])
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"The Indian government has struck a deal with a number of PC vendors to pre-install open source software on computers sold in the country.

"This move follows an Indian government initiative to distribute free CDs containing localised versions of popular open source desktop applications..."

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