Indian Government adopts an open source policy

I didn't down vote you, but my guess is the "Better late" part. In what way are they late? There aren't many governments who are committed to using open source software in a mandatory fashion. I can only think of 3 off the top of my head. So, I think they are on the leading edge, if anything.

One other point about you comment is that, while being succinct is excellent (something I need to learn), I couldn't really see what point you were trying to make. Sometimes it seems obvious to you, but to someone else your comment really could mean anything at all.

So, what were you trying to communicate on the topic?

Re: Indian Government adopts an open source policy

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Post by melling » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 4:40 PM UTC

eklavya wrote: post #4

eklavya wrote: post #3

Better late than never.

Is that sentence offensive somehow? Why the down vote?

Governments around the world aren't rushing to adopt open source. As far as governments, they're an early adopter. So, it shouldn't rate a snarky comment.

Re: Indian Government adopts an open source policy

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Post by giis » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 4:41 PM UTC

eklavya wrote: post #6

dharma1 wrote: post #5

great. more details somewhere? what distros?

They have their own distro https://bosslinux.in

Boss Linux is based on Debian. I don't think there much difference between the two.

Re: Indian Government adopts an open source policy

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Post by eklavya » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 4:50 PM UTC

eklavya wrote: post #4

eklavya wrote: post #3

Better late than never.

Is that sentence offensive somehow? Why the down vote?

@mikekchar thanks for the explanation. Can't seem to reply to you directly so replying here.

If you see this in the light of the rest of the world they seem to be leading. But that's not the only measure. There have been discussions going on on this forever. It took them a really long time to formulate a policy. BOSS linux has been around for 8 years now but none of the govt divisions supported it. The most frustrating was to see the Income Ta department insisting (maybe not officially but my uncle who is a tax consultant told me they can't use anything else) on Microsoft Word documents to file tax.

So I think all the resources were there but only the policy and political will was lacking.