The NIC's `OpenSource' portal

Dear List,

The  National Informatics  Centre is  the apex  body  co-ordinating IT
initiatives within the Indian government.

Finally, they have  woken up to the  new world of FLOSS, and  set up a
`portal'. Going straight to
http://osf.nic.in/openSourceSite/index_html will save you a click.

There are  several issues from  my perspective, which, at  the moment,
can  be attributed  to  general  lack of  awareness  about the  issues
involved in the  FLOSS movement, and I will not  bother this list with
tose.  I have posted to the FSF-Friends list at 
http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2004-July/002189.html

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         Mahesh T. Pai    <<>>   http://paivakil.port5.com
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