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

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Charles-H. Schulz <
charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:

> Dear Nivar,

Hi I am anivar


> Thanks a lot, great news; do you happen to have a pointer about these news
> in English?
English Press is not carried the news yet. Hope some of them will carry it
soon. and people worked on this is planning a detail post on  challenges,
issues faced and outcomes . I hope i can share the link within next few
days .

~ regards
Anivar




> Best,
>
> Charles.
>
> Le 17.07.2014 10:28, Anivar Aravind a écrit :
>
>  The 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
> >
> >
> > ~ regards
> >
> > Anivar Aravind
> > Secretary
> > Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
> > http://smc.org.in


On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Charles-H. Schulz <
charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:

> Dear Nivar,
>
> Thanks a lot, great news; do you happen to have a pointer about these news
> in English?
>
> Best,
>
> Charles.
>
> Le 17.07.2014 10:28, Anivar Aravind a écrit :
>
>  The 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
> >
> >
> > ~ regards
> >
> > Anivar Aravind
> > Secretary
> > Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
> > http://smc.org.in

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