India state to dump Windows for Linux
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A southern Indian state plans to switch all school computers from Microsoft Windows to the free Linux operating system, an official said Thursday.
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Opinion: Unbundling integrated pieces of Windows just might be the bitter pill that Microsoft needs. There&#39;s no Christmas present that Microsoft officials want more than the European Union&#39;s remedies to be
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Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Asia/Pacific -- will ship with Linux operating systems, but 75 percent
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Iran has become the latest country to edge towards ditching the ubiquitous Microsoft computer operating system in favor of the open-source Linux solution, even if its refusal to abide
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The drive, loaded with the open-source OS, can be plugged into the USB port of any computer to turn it into a Linux machine.
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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) computer, which uses a version of Linux, might soon be available with Windows. According to a Reuters report, a Microsoft corporate vice president has said that the software giant is working to adapt Windows XP for the low-cost XO laptop.
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Plans call for a Linux-based platform that will be usable in multiple environments, including on PCs, servers and PDAs.
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced its decision to localise Windows and Office software in 14 Indian languages over the next 12 months and that the company would hire &#39;hundreds&#39; in India this year.
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Iran has become the latest country to edge towards ditching the ubiquitous Microsoft computer operating system in favour of the open-source Linux solution, even if its refusal to abide by copyright laws means that the Islamic republic does not pay a penny to Bill Gates.
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Microsoft Windows is still the dominant OS, but Linux is becoming a popular development platform.
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Does Ubuntu point the way to the real future for desktop Linux?
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Red Hat has set up an engineering and support center in Pune, India, to provide support for its customers in India and in English-speaking markets worldwide. Red Hat already has three support centers in North America, the U.K., and Australia which provide support in their respective regions. The center in India will enable the company to offer around-the-clock support to customers worldwide, Red Hat said. The center will also have a test lab for hardware and software certification, and will house a team that will work on localization of Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Indian languages. Open source vendors like Red Hat and proprietary software vendors like Microsoft are vying for a number of federal and state e-government projects in India, as well as a number of large private-sector deals.
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The communist-run Indian state of Kerala has begun another battle against multinationals, backing the Linux computer operating system over market-leading Microsoft Windows.
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Europe is struggling to kick the Windows habit. Eurocrats make a lot of noise about moving to Linux, but the actual migrations are few and far between. Bruce Gain reports from Paris.
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Seeking to be more competitive with Microsoft Corp., Linux backers have agreed on a standard version of the operating system so that programs written for one Linux distribution will work with others.
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Vista relief is here With speculation building that Microsoft will bring Windows 7 forward by a year, ostensibly to staunch the loss of the Vista weary and Vistaphobes to alternative operating systems, now is a good time to look at the state of development tools for Linux.â¦
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 (REUTERS) - More than a year after Munich declared its intention to abandon Microsoft Windows in favor of open-source rival Linux, city councilors are finally ready to move ahead with the plan.