http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/12/india-to-develop-its.html
The Indian IT ministry has floated the idea of developing a made-in-India
operating system to reduce the national dependence on foreign software and
increase resilience to viruses and IT-based attacks.
This is interesting. They already have the bulk of the IT industry on home
soil. Not mentioning a couple of power house development companies. (like
Sybase) They could pull it off.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Kelwyn wrote:
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Frankly, in lieu of hacking, I'm surprised that China hasn't announced plans
to do this itself, especially considering how big they are on censorship. Or
maybe I'm prophetic here, and it's just around the corner.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Kelwyn wrote:
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Easily, Mr Worf.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
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> This is interesting. They already have the bulk of the IT industry on home
> soil. Not mentioning a couple of power house development companies. (like
> Sybase) They could pull it off.
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> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:48 PM, K
I was thinking the same thing! I know that at the minimum they may have a
"government required" browser. They were already moving in that direction a
few years ago with some of the software restrictions for products coming
into their country.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter wrote:
Mr Worf, if you're taking about China, I think they do have a browser
specifically for the citizens.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
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> I was thinking the same thing! I know that at the minimum they may have a
> "government required" browser. They were already moving in that
The interesting thing about this is that India is rarely thought of like
that, but they are also just as extreme as China in certain circumstances.
They may not be running people over with tanks but...
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:36 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
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And they've been so visibly embroiled in that ongoing conflict with
Pakistan.
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
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They almost had a nuclear war with Pakistan. They also have several other
smaller conflicts going on with Northern India, and Eastern India that are
talking about separating. They are culturally and ethnically different than
the bulk of Indian society. Sort of like the ethnic people that live withi
