> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Gowtham Raam <professionalgr...@gmail.com > > wrote: >> >> https://oldpapyrus.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/tn-govt-goes-open-source/ > > > As part of NRCFOSS (nrcfoss.org.in) -- promoted and supported by Govt of India -- activities, CDAC has come up with BOSS, derived from Debian, which has been installed and supported in various centres at Indian Navy, CHiPS of Chhattisgarh, school laptops in Punjab/Haryana, etc. Working with ELCOT, a version suited for TN govt operations has been created and training has been given to employees at various departments. Apart from the technical aspect, the trainers have also strived to generate FOSS awareness (and removal of many misapprehensions) among the trainees who are mostly non-technical staff using computer for day-to-day operations. The official notification should ease the way for more FOSS adoption.
http://www.zdnet.com/indian-state-goes-for-open-source-2061981452/ > > > This is a very old news item. Mr. Umashankar was transferred and posted elsewhere. I recall that he had interacted with some of the ILUG-C members who had put in sincere efforts to bring Linux into the system. Afterwards, there were 2-3 MDs -- the move towards FOSS was not as highly visible, but steady. ELCOT/NIC have introduced Linux servers, desktop Linux (NIC develops many eGov applns in Ubuntu ; CDAC team has installed BOSS in the Secretariat departments and trained the personnel). Of course, most of the legacy applns have been Windows based and many others too. Hope, the slow and steady introduction of FOSS/Linux will gain more momentum. Srinivasan (associated with NRCFOSS) _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines