Indian Government Moves to Let Linux In

Webi writes "The government of India has started taking precise, wide-reaching steps to usher in a Linux wave in India." India sure seems to be a highly contested arena lately. Interestingly, India's plan calls for government-sponsored support and call centers. Looks like they've really thought this through.

Sweet!

[Neck_of_the_Woods]

Maybe they will outsource linux support to the us!

I better start learning my Hindi!

English in India

[Mdog]

Actually, English will be just fine. Anybody in India who is well-off enough to deal with computers almost definately speaks English. Whether it's English non-Indians can understand is a different matter all together.

Re:Software spending?

[Anonymous Coward]

Who cares what kind of market India has, would you do business with the brown devil?

Re:Sweet!

[Bowie J. Poag]

Too late, man. Hindi is obsolete!

Hindi++ is where it's at nowadays.

server room

[Anonymous Coward]

How big of a tee-pee will the Indians need for their server room?

Gubmint sponsored call centers?

[snarkasaurus]

"Interestingly, India's plan calls for government-sponsored support and call centers."

Oh joy! Another place to be put on eternity hold.

Any word if they plan on suporting the entire world or just the users in the Indian government?

Three steps to profit

[RealAlaskan]

Governments should:

1) Talk up linux.
2) When Bill and Melinda offer money, make nice.
3) Adopt Linux, and watch your people PROFIT.
4) Watch their tax recipts rise.

Whoops, that was 4 steps. Well, government projects usually go over budget.

but .. but ..

[Anonymous Coward]

But Linux is licensed under the GPL! The GPL was written by Richard Stallman! RICHARD STALLMAN, people!

My God, don't these people know what they're doing? The GPL isn't really "free"! RMS is very annoying! You can't make money with Linux! India's computer businesses will GO BANKRUPT!

This must be stopped now! Otherwise, people might read the GPL and actually believe that crap about freedom! Quick, Bill Gates, wonderful capitalist, get in there and teach these guys about the real freedom of Windows!

Crap joke warning

[oliverthered]

No windows, no gates, apache inside.

Re:Sweet!

[einer]

Don't waste your time with that, Microsoft has already broken the Hindi++ interpreter and replaced it with it's own proprietary version called Hindi#.

Re:Gubmint sponsored call centers?

[thelexx]

This may actually be a really worthwhile thing. They should put meditation training in the call hold system so you can get enlightened while you wait. Or, in fact, get any enlightenment at all if their tech support is like most.

Re:Not used to american rage

[deego]

>You will also notice more Americans are killed in violent rage by Americans every year than Indians.

Considering the ratio of Americans to Indians available in the general vicinity of a hypothetical American killer, that is not a big surprise :)