[FSUG-Bangalore] The Hindu Editorial calls for Free Software in Healthcare

[Pranesh Prakash]

Would the people on this list be able to pinpoint the various
governmental organisations/departments that have a) taken upon
themselves a mandate to use FOSS, and b) are successfully using FOSS?
Links to press releases / newspaper articles about such use would also
be useful.  If such a list already exists, could someone point me
towards that?

Regards,
Pranesh

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 19:56, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind at gmail.com> wrote:
> The solution to the problem of flexibility lies in free and open
> source software. India has already adopted open source approaches in
> administrative systems and education projects. This represents a good
> policy foundation on which to build a national eHealth system. It
> could, for a start, leverage the strengths of the large open source
> software community. The outcome would be a common electronic health
> platform covering clinical and administrative functions for government
> as well as private institutions, with full interoperability. What is
> more, the open source nature of the project is bound to attract
> software companies and communities of programmers to come up with
> innovative health applications.
>
>  http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/03/stories/2009040355500800.htm
>
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> Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free
> Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs.
> Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds.
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