Dear Arun, Could we please highlight the fact that the Allahabad High Court has successfully converted to FOSS and Open Standards?
See: <http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/faq.htm> The relevant bits: > TECHNICAL > Question: Why can't I read some of the documents on the website? > Answer: Many documents on the Website are either in the pdf or odt > format. Acrobat Reader (6.0 or higher) and Open Office (2.0 or higher) are > required to open these documents. These software can be installed without any > cost and are freely available on the Internet at their website. Sun > Microsystem has released ODF plug-in for Microsoft Office. The plug-in gives > users of Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint the ability to read, > edit and save to the ISO-standard Open Document Format(ODF). For details, > please see the article 'Open Document Format'. > Question: Why are documents published on the Website in the odt format? > Answer: The reason for keeping documents in the odt format are as > follows: > 1. Allahabad High Court has taken a policy decision to work in Open Source > Software and use open standards; > 2. The odt format is based on Open Document Format (ODF); > 3. ODF is > Based on open standards; > Recommended by Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information > Standards (OASIS); and > Approved by International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) > Question: Why are Linux, Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice.org > softwares selected for use by the High Court? > Answer: We have chosen Linux, Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice.org > softwares as they are Open Source softwares. Our Website is also best viewed > in Firefox. > Apart from the above, Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice.org office suite > are independent of Operating Systems and work on different operating system > including Windows and Linux. > Question: Is there any difference in working in Linux and Windows? > Answer: There are technical as well as legal differences between the > two. However, for the user there is no difference: at present both of them > have graphical user interface. > Question: Will I be able to open and correct the documents created in > Linux on a computer having Windows? > Answer: Yes. Documents created in either of the Operating Systems may > be opened, corrected, and saved in the other Operating System. > Question: What is RSS feed and how can I configure in my computer? > Answer: Please see the article 'IT: The road to speedier Justice' in > the web diary dated 20.11.2004. > Question: I can’t see the Hindi Website of the Court. What is the problem? > Answer: Hindi (Devnagri) is standardised in Unicode. Allahabad High > Court has used Unicode fonts. Kindly set view or character encoding in your > web browser to Unicode UTF-8. > Question: Can I contact the Court by sending email in Hindi? > Answer: Yes, you may send email in Hindi. But, please ensure that it is > written in Hindi Unicode font. -- Pranesh Prakash Programme Manager Centre for Internet and Society W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283
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