Asian states see open source as window of opportunity (IHT Online)

[Posted October 28, 2004 by cook]

IHT Online reports on the Indian West Bengal Education Ministry's plans to install 10,000 Linux boxes. "Desktop software from Red Hat, a U.S. company that repackages and sells the Linux system, offered savings of 25 percent to 30 percent over Windows, G.D. Gauta, a principal secretary in the information technology department in the West Bengal Ministry of Education, said in a recent telephone interview. But even if Microsoft had dropped its prices, it would not have made any difference, Gauta said, because "the Linux system is a better system."" Thanks to Anand Vaidya.

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