Some news links in English from today's coverage http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Software-Migration-ICFOSS-Hails-State-Govt/2014/07/18/article2335680.ece http://freepressjournal.in/kerala-assembly-migrates-to-free-software-platform/ http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/kerala/kerala-assembly-migrates-to-free-software-platform-149244.html http://www.newswala.com/India-National-News/Kerala-assembly-migrates-to-free-software-platform-for-its-business-68287.html http://www.bgr.in/news/kerala-assembly-migrates-to-free-software-platform/
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Anivar Aravind <anivar.arav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Charles-H. Schulz < > charles.sch...@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.sch...@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 >>> >> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: l10n+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
