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Please find enclosed a press release concerning a letter sent to the
Government of Rajasthan for a tender floated by the Government for the
purchase of laptops pre-loaded with proprietary software. The letter
requests the government to re-consider distribution of laptops to
students without appropriate teacher preparation, and to consider Free
and Open Source Software(FOSS) as a possible alternative to proprietary
software.
The tender document, press release (also reproduced below) and the
letter can be accessed from the following link:
http://itforchange.net/Letter_Rajasthan_government_Laptop_purchase_feb2013
thanks,
yogesh
