'Government officials use Gmail and ordinary phones without basic security consciousness.' 'Interoperability, especially in joint exercises with countries like the US, worries me.' 'It often means we open our systems to them, but they don't reciprocate.' 'They could have kill switches in their systems and might even be able to affect ours.'
'VS was a man who devoted every moment of his life, from the beginning till his death at the age of 100, to the struggle against the injustices inflicted upon land, nature and the common man.'
'There's been interest from multiple states, and exploratory conversations are ongoing.'
Onward Novell on Tuesday launched Linux desktops in India with a price tag of Rs 4000 with documentation.\n\n
Nokia has unveiled its first high-end smartphone running on Linux software.
Linux has over 300 variants, of which the offerings from Red Hat and Novell are the most popular because the firms provide support and maintenance -- the OS is free.
The Common Criteria organisation, an international technology standards body, certified Linux for 'mission critical' computers.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of the free Linux operating system, will join a computer-industry-backed group to work fulltime at speeding the adoption of Linux at corporations.\n\n\n\n
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IT company Wipro Infotech on Monday announced a tie-up with Red Hat to offer Linux services in India.
With a large addressable market like India, IT major IBM is gearing up to make the country a hub for its Linux initiatives in the South East Asian region, a senior company executive said on Wednesday.
Global computing giant IBM on Thursday announced that it will consolidate thousands of computer servers onto about 30 System z mainframes running the Linux operating system.
In a setback to Microsoft, the local government in Munich, Germany, has voted to move its 14,000 computers from Microsoft Windows to the rival Linux operating system despite all effort by the software giant to hang onto multi-million dollar contract.
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'With the introduction of Solaris 10, we believe our customers have a better alternative than Red Hat or IBM.'
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The cloud market in India is expected to grow by 26% by the end of 2022.
All low-cost laptops and desktops come pre-loaded with a Linux OS or a DOS version (obsolete on desktops). The installation of a legal Microsoft operating system (OS) and office suite (for word, excel, etc) will increase the price of the desktop or laptop by 20 to 35 per cent.
Hackers and virus creators have finally infected the Apple iPod - albeit very marginally since it affects only iPods with the Linux operating system (about 0.01% of all iPods).
Information technology major IBM will invest in the localisation initiatives of Indian universities, developers and scientists for developing e-governance interfaces and applications around Linux, a company official said on Wednesday.
Global linux provider Red Hat has signed Aptech as its training partner in India and the latter's SSI Education will now offer Red Hat's training programmes and certifications across the country.
Microsoft is reducing prices because Linux is more competitive
Windows 8 is Microsoft's most powerful attempt to expand the once-ubiquitous operating system's reach.
The company that set up its R&D centre in early 2000 with just about 10 employees has grown to a 300 employee entity.
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