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Silicon.com: Open Source Apps Given to Millions in India

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“The Indian government is trying to encourage the use of
computers across the country by distributing free CDs that contain
localised versions of popular open source applications.

“The government has started distributing CDs containing
Tamil-language versions of various open source applications,
including the Firefox browser, the OpenOffice.org productivity
suite and the Columba email client…”


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