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

“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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