MAIT announces association with Linux Asia

MAIT announces association with Linux Asia
December 23, 2003
MAIT, the apex body representing the hardware, training and R&D services
sectors of the IT industry in the country, today announced an association
with Linux Asia. Under this association, MAIT will be working alongwith EFY
Group in organizing and promoting Linux Asia.

"Linux is becoming a significant player in the Indian IT industry. Linux
Asia will lead to exchange of industry knowledge and facilitate faster
adoption of Linux in enterprise, e-governance, and other vital applications.
It will also demonstrate the power of Linux and open source software for
entrepreneurs and venture capitalists." remarked Vinnie Mehta, Executive
Director, MAIT.

According to Rahul Chopra, Editor, Linux For You, "MAIT's association
highlights the significance of Linux and open source in the Indian scenario.
Linux Asia will play a path-breaking role in making Linux and Open Source
Software more popular in common applications. It will give a platform for
sharing domestic and international expertise in Linux."

Linux Asia is the largest ever Linux event will be held in India. It will be
held in New Delhi on February 11-13th 2004. The event will highlight the
significance of Linux and open source software in enterprise, e-governance,
education and society. The speakers at the event will include those from
TCS, Infosys and other leading companies in the global IT scenario.

Linux Asia will have conferences on enterprise, social applications,
e-governance, entrepreneurship and technology. It will feature 'The Hub', a
network of 80-100 Linux systems and an international exhibition. There also
will be demonstrations of LiFY - the Indian versions of Linux made for
education, multilingual, office, administrative and other uses.

The organizers are two of the most prominent names in the Indian IT
industry. MAIT is the industry association that is represented on all
concerned Government of India fora and active interface with industry
associations: Ministry of Information Technology, Finance, Commerce, DoT,
BIS, ESC, CII, STQC, TEMA, ELCINA, and others. EFY Group has been a leader
in technology publishing since 1969.

About MAIT
Set up in 1982 for purposes of scientific, educational and IT industry
promotion, MAIT has emerged as an effective, influential and dynamic
organisation.  Representing hardware, designs, R&D, training and the
associated services sectors of the Indian IT Industry, MAIT's charter is to
develop a global competitive Indian IT Industry, promote the usage of IT in
India, strengthen the role of IT in national economic development and
promote business through international alliances.

About Linux For You
Linux For You is Asia's first magazine on Linux and Open Source Software. It
is a monthly with an active support from the Indian Linux community. It
caters to the readership interests of corporates, developers, IT
implementers and new and seasoned Linux users.

The publication has been in the forefront of making Linux more useful for
the Indian users. It has produced versions of LiFY (A Linux version for
Indian users) targeting various practical uses. These include
LiFY@Education, LiFY@Hindi, LiFY@Developer and LiFY@Admin. Linux For You is
planning to release more versions of LiFY in future.

The publication maintains LFY Labs--one of the most advanced Linux labs in
the country. LFY labs continuously researches on Linux and open source and
comes up with world-class solutions that enhance the usability of Linux.

About the EFY Group
Linux For You is a publication of EFY Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., publishers of
many leading publications since 1969. The company is headquartered at New
Delhi with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad
and Kolkata. EFY is an ISO 9001:2000 Certified company.

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