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Subject: Re: NEWS: India to emerge as global hub for developing multi-lingual computing tech
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:49:59 +0530
From: "Venkatesh (Venky) Hariharan" <venky1@xxxxxxxx>
Fred, NCST, CDAC and others have done considerable research on these areas
but I'd love to see these percolate down to the grassroots level. NCST is
working on enabling Linux in Indian languages, a development which needs to
be whole-heartedly encouraged and supported. Linux may have its limitations
as a desktop Operating System, but I feel that it can be a blessing for
developing countries where average per capita incomes can be below the cost
of the Windows OS itself!
If you read this article carefully, you'll notice that hardly any concrete
proposals are mentioned in it.
Venky