FreeBSD India Web Site Launched

Prakash Shetty writes: "We are hereby proud to announce the Launch of FreeBSD Foundation India's official site www.freebsd.org.in. The site has news, articles, links, downloads, forums, etc. We request the *BSD community to help us promote this site for FreeBSD in and around India.

99% literacy?

[Jace]

Where did you get the 99% literacy rate from? AFAIK, it's somewhere closer to 50%.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

WooHoo

[keepper]

Apu will be runnign FreeBSD soon on the kwiwk mart POS system :)....

hehe, yeah i know, sorry....

Well good to hear that FreeBSD or any open os is making inroads in india, as it seems india is a big microsoft place ( in terms of the aptitude of most companies and educational institutions ).

Try to be a bit nicer, please?

[scotpurl]

Hinduism isn't about worshipping rats. And it's not actually worshipping the rat, but I wouldn't expect you to understand the answer.

As for bathing in water as an act of holiness, Christianity does that as well. The act of baptism, you know. Every religion has places that are more holy than others, and acts of cleansing or devotion.

If you want to scorn India, remember that the population of it's middle class is larger than the entire U.S. population. It's the biggest democracy on the planet. What problems it does have all stem from a corrupt government.

So What??

[theseum]

So they launched a FreeBSD site in India. This makes it *easier* for Indian people to get and use FreeBSD. It does NOT do the following: a) advertise or get widespread knowledge of alternative OS's in India. b) actually make the transition. Notice: there has been a FreeBSD.org for quite a while, and FreeBSD users account for about 1% of the US pop. It will make a difference, but it isn't the instigator of a huge OS revolution. It's just the launch of the website in another country.

India is where the REAL IT talent is.

[Flabdabb Hubbard]

Although I don't really see the need for a separate Indian BSD web site (since the common language of India is in fact English, a simple mirror would suffice) It is good to see someone recognize that the major IT superpower in the modern economy is India.

A few facts.

CS degerees awarded in 2000: 7680652
Masters in CS/EE in 2000: 9000045
Linux users: 89000000
A country like India has the most educated population in the world, with 99% literacy rate, and first class educational institutions. The USA may rest on its IT laurels at the moment, but in 10-20 years time, it will be us Americans applying to the Indian embassy for the equivalent of an H1-B. Mark my words.