[wellylug] Fwd: [Freegis-list] Open Source in Developing Nations

[Brent Wood]

--- Roger Longhorn <ral at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:48:48 +0000
> To: freegis-list at intevation.de
> From: Roger Longhorn <ral at alum.mit.edu>
> Subject: [Freegis-list] Open Source in Developing Nations
> 
> F.Y.I. from the Information for Development (i4d) news list this week.
> 
> Are these the countries/regions most ready to adopt open source GIS as 
> well? I would have thought that the size of the Indian market for GIS alone 
> would warrant an national-level initiative on their part to finally divorce 
> them from dependence on ESRI, et al.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Roger Longhorn
> ral at alum.mit.edu
> 
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> OPEN SOURCE
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<http://www.i4donline.net/news1.asp?fol_name=Tech&file_name=Tech27&get_pic=Tech&p_title=News>Insurance
> 
> majors in India to shift to Linux
> In India, three of the four government-owned general insurance majors
> - National Insurance Co, United Insurance and New India Assurance,
> have decided to use Linux as the backend operating system on
> which will run their core insurance solutions.
>
<http://www.i4donline.net/news1.asp?fol_name=News1&file_name=news235>http://www.i4donline.net/news1.asp?fol_name=News1&file_name=news235
> 
> Now a television programme on open source!
> The South Africa-based 'Go Open Source' campaign is filming the
> world's first television series dedicated to open source software.
>
<http://www.i4donline.net/news1.asp?fol_name=O_Source&file_name=src40>http://www.i4donline.net/news1.asp?fol_name=O_Source&file_name=src40
> 
> 
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