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Indian state wants its schools to choose Linux, not Microsoft

by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-09-28 10:51 AM
Contributors: Agence France-Presse
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA -- India's Communist-run Kerala state said yesterday that it aims to break U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp.'s dominance in schools, two weeks after rattling investors by banning Coke and Pepsi sales.

Kerala Education Minister M.A. Baby said his government will promote the use of open-source Linux operating systems along with Microsoft in high schools in Kerala.

"We are against monopolies of multinational companies in any sectors," he said.

"So we would like to provide equal opportunity for both Linux and Windows-Microsoft operating system in the school curriculum."

But "ideologically I support Linux and free and open operating systems for IT-enabled education in schools," he added.

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Source: The Globe and Mail
 
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