Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

> On Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:58 PM, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind@gmail.com> wrote:




> > T he Kerala Legislative Assembly[1] (Kerala state , India) as of July 17,
> 2014 produces all its documentation, both printed and digital, on a Free
> Software platform using Libreoffice .  Hon. Speaker announced  in
> Legislative assembly yesterday . The point which makes this undertaking
> unique is the fact that the complete documentation at the Niyamasabha is
> done in Malayalam, a complex text indic scipt
>
> The migration process is implimented with the support of  Zyxware
> Technologies[2] in association with ICFOSS[3], a govt centre to promote
> foss  and Swathanthra Malayalam Computing(SMC)[4] , a FOSS developer
> community working on Indian Language support and localizations
>
> See below poster .
>
> https://www.facebook.com/SMC.Project/posts/751600641550557
>
> Some media reports about the same is published in vernacular language press
> and it is available here
>
> http://www.madhyamam.com/news/298250/140716
> http://www.eastcoastdaily.com/2014/07/16/free-software/
>
> The migration was in the light of Government of Kerala's recent order
> announced its intention to transition computers in the Departments,
> institutions and PSUs under it to Free and Open Source platforms, in the
> opportunity caused due to expiry of support period to Windows XP.  [5]
>
> International centre for free and open source software(ICFOSS) has brought
> out a Handbook last month to support the process of migration [6]
>
> Related Links
>
> [1] http://www.niyamasabha.org/
> [2] http://www.zyxware.com/
> [3] http://icfoss.in
> [4] http://smc.org.in
> [5] http://icfoss.in/G.O.109.pdf
> [6] http://icfoss.org/FS-Migration-Draft-Handbook.pdf

>

Great News Anivar! Congratulations everybody! Kerela is becoming role model for the foss efforts 
and no doubt, the push by different organizations and vibrant FOSS Kerala community people like you 
are very much helpful in achieving the same. We should try to build similar foss eco-system in 
other parts of India also!

 
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Regards,
Rajesh Ranjan

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www.rajeshranjan.in

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