Whenever these stories appear it seems impossible to tell if they're genuine or just trolling Microsoft to try to get a better deal.
Tamil Nadu state departments asked to switch over to open source software
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#12It's about time. In fact, it's way past time. But don't expect Microsoft to give up without a great deal more fight, a legal challenge or two, and other tactics from their vast playbook.
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#13Not many people know this but Linux is already quite popular in the South (esp. in schools and government offices)
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu is founded by a South African
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#14Having spent some time in India dealing with scattered govt. Windows infrastructure, this is amazing news. This may also open up many new opportunities in computer education and literacy which is very deficient in the country. I really hope this switch does happen.
Some of the best hackers I know are in India, and they don't use Microsoft products... I'm talking truly gifted people.
I myself am a BSD fanatic, but I recommend Linux based systems to all of my Windows using friends.
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#16OSS, the order said, “is almost free of virus. Hence loss of information, hacking, phishing can be prevented… there is no need to spend on expensive anti virus software.” I disagree with that statement.
I agree with you. Using OSS doesn't mean that you will have no software vulnerabilities, but when was the last time you heard a major news story about a Linux based virus?
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#19OSS, the order said, “is almost free of virus. Hence loss of information, hacking, phishing can be prevented… there is no need to spend on expensive anti virus software.” I disagree with that statement.
Is there any evidence of credible/useful proprietary anti-virus software for Linux?
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#20Aside from the city of Munich, are their any other governments that are using Linux as their main operating system?
the french "gendarmerie",a mix of military and police, moved their computers to Linux.
here are some cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_adoption_cases