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From: Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2014-07-17 14:02 GMT+05:30
Subject: [fosscomm] Fwd: Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free
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From: Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 1:58 PM
Subject: Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice
To: users at global.libreoffice.org, discuss at global.libreoffice.org,
LibreOffice-l10n <l10n at global.libreoffice.org>
The Kerala Legislative Assembly[1] (Kerala state , India) as of July
17, 2014 produces all its documentation, both printed and digital, on
a Free Software platform using Libreoffice . Hon. Speaker announced
in Legislative assembly yesterday . The point which makes this
undertaking unique is the fact that the complete documentation at the
Niyamasabha is done in Malayalam, a complex text indic scipt
The migration process is implemented with the support of Zyxware
Technologies[2] in association with ICFOSS[3], a govt centre to
promote foss and Swathanthra Malayalam Computing(SMC)[4] , a FOSS
developer community working on Indian Language support and
localizations.
See below poster .
https://www.facebook.com/SMC.Project/posts/751600641550557
Some media reports about the same is published in vernacular language
press and it is available here
http://www.madhyamam.com/news/298250/140716
http://www.eastcoastdaily.com/2014/07/16/free-software/
The migration was in the light of Government of Kerala's recent order
announced its intention to transition computers in the Departments,
institutions and PSUs under it to Free and Open Source platforms, in
the opportunity caused due to expiry of support period to Windows XP.
[5]
International centre for free and open source software(ICFOSS) has
brought out a Handbook last month to support the process of migration
[6]
Related Links
[1] http://www.niyamasabha.org/
[2] http://www.zyxware.com/
[3] http://icfoss.in
[4] http://smc.org.in
[5] http://icfoss.in/G.O.109.pdf
[6] http://icfoss.org/FS-Migration-Draft-Handbook.pdf
~ regards
Anivar Aravind
Secretary
Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
http://smc.org.in
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