[Fsf-friends] Schools to get $20 m grant from Microsoft India, 7 April, 2004 (fwd)

[Rakesh Ambati]

Morning Frederick,

Perhaps being children of lesser god we don't have
such resources,yet localization work(see
http://www.indlinux.org/wiki/index.php?LocalizationNewsletter)
is going at good pace.

 Indic language solutions
===========================
Over the past year, the attempt to find
Indian-language computing solutions on
the GNU/Linux front has seen some
impressive strides take place. Following
campaigning by young sparks like Tapan
Parikh, G Karunakar and team, the
chance of getting "Indic language"
solutions seem to have brightened. One
problem is the lack of links between
Indian initiatives, and the international
volunteer software efforts.
  From font designers to GNOME
developers, collaborators in distant parts
of the globe have been voicing their
interest in helping find solutions to
India's special challenges. These include
multiple scripts, characters which often
join each other, and a bewildering
                                            
variety in the numbers and letters.
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/
indic-computing-users

I wish all those involved best wishes.

--arky 



--- "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
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> This probably needs to be noted. FN
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> Schools to get $20 m grant from Microsoft India
> To push local language computing in the State,
> Microsoft 
> Corporation India Ltd  announced the roll-out of its
> $20-
> million IT education programme for schools in India
> and an 
> agreement on a programme with the Orissa Government.
> 
> Language matters, Windows, MS Office to be in 5
> Indian languages 
> With the aim of  promoting business, Microsoft India
> has devised 
> a three-pronged strategy in India this year. The
> company will be 
> focussing on ’accelerating IT literacy, improving
> security and 
> enabling local IT opportunities through vernacular
> language 
> interfaces’ in and around its software packages. 
> 
> 
> UN report: e-government in region faces multiple
> snags - Lebanon  
> Countries in the Middle East may talk the
> technological lingo, but 
> just how serious most are about preparing, promoting
> and facilit-
> ating the use of electronic government and actual
> electronic par-
> ticipation remains to be seen.
> 
>  
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