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RxPG News: Free and Open Source Software Gets New ‘Poster Girl’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 29, 2006

“India’s Free and Open Source Software movement just has got a
new poster-boy, or rather girl–Suparna Bhattacharya, the star of
the just-concluded FOSS.in event held here and presenter of the
inaugural keynote, is seen as one of India’s most respected Linux
kernel developers.

“For a growing network of techies taking to Free and Open Source
Software in India, the find of a woman who has achieved so much so
quietly came as a big surprise. And long-felt gender issues become
a little less painful, thanks to 35-year-old Bhattacharya’s ‘we can
do it’ proof…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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