[FSUG-Bangalore] TN Schools adopt gnu/linux

[Senthil Sundaram (sensunda)]

 Hi,
 
After the left in Kerala. TN also adopts gnu/linux in schools.
 
Will the outsourcing capital - bangalore also do so
 
cheers
senthil

Tamil Nadu schools go for SUSE Linux 
The exodus is to eliminate numerous proprietary software licenses and
reduce hardware costs 
MUMBAI, INDIA: The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) is
rolling out SUSE Linux
<http://www.ciol.com/content/developer/Linux/2006/106071801.asp>
Enterprise across 30,000 desktops and 1,880 servers in Tamil Nadu's
schools. Earlier, ELCOT had migrated its entire IT infrastructure from
Microsoft Windows to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop from Novell.


"The open source software in SUSE Linux Enterprise is superb," said C.
Umashankar, managing director of ELCOT. "In addition, we estimate that
moving to Linux has reduced our general hardware costs by nearly 25
percent. In case of high-end servers
<http://www.ciol.com/content/860797344.aspx> , the savings could be as
much as 80 percent. What's more important is the benefits that the Tamil
Nadu's students will get from this. There is a growing trend towards the
corporate adoption of Linux, both in India and elsewhere. So it will be
a real advantage in the job market to have experience working with open
source software. It gives us tremendous freedom and choice," he added.


ELCOT has been procuring hardware and software for the various
departments of the Government of Tamil Nadu, which serves a population
of more than 70 million, since 1977. ELCOT's main objective is to offer
the best possible IT solutions at the lowest price, thus maximizing the
return on investment of public money, says a release from the company.
ELCOT is also involved in consulting, implementation, support and
training to help meet the state's ambitious e-governance objectives.


Before the rollout of SUSE Linux Enterprise to the schools and
government offices across Tamil Nadu, ELCOT first migrated its own
in-house IT systems to Linux for its user-friendly, cost-effective and
security reasons, says the release. The organization then worked with
teachers to design a pre-loaded set of applications which could be
delivered to the 30,000 new PCs along with SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop. ELCOT also rolled out SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to the
schools' 1,880 servers, which are now 100 percent Linux-based.


Roger Levy, senior vice president and general manager of Open Platform
Solutions, Novell, said, "ELCOT was able to eliminate tens of thousands
of proprietary software licenses by moving to open source software
<http://www.ciol.com/content/developer/Linux/2007/107041801.asp> , in
addition to their tremendous savings from making better use of hardware
resources. The decision to move to a new platform rests not only on
immediate pricing considerations, but also on the potential long-term
hardware, software and infrastructure costs. Based on these criteria,
SUSE Linux Enterprise is proving its value to customers around the
world."


The next-generation platform for the open enterprise, SUSE Linux
Enterprise is the best-engineered, lowest-cost and most interoperable
platform for enterprise computing, from the desktop to the data center,
according to the release. 

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