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An article in Anandabazaar Patrika (a leading Bengali daily) dated
11th February 2007
- From the article
The Minister of Information Technology for the state of West Bengal
Debesh Das said (in the context of not having enough developer/
software engineering skills in the state) that "the wider usage of
Free and Open Source software would be a possible solution to the
problem". He also stated that FOSS software like Linux have the
potential to reach out to a wider audience for the training of
Computer.
The article also quotes him as saying "In the present times, most of
the computers come with a preloaded OS that have a high royalty tag
associated with them, using FOSS can change that situation. With the
reduction in the prices of the computer hardware the usage and
penetration would increase in schools, colleges and administrative
offices. An increase in the skilled manpower base would also be
observed.
Bye :)
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Bharathi S
