Indian Companies Embracing Linux Faster Than Ever 169
cpatil writes "CNBC-TV 18 India has just announced that India's largest Insurance company, LIC(Life Insurance Corporation of India) sealed a deal with Red Hat to use its desktop and server software. LIC has roughly 160 Million customers, making it a non-trivial deal. Leslie D'Monte over at rediff also has a closer look at Linux deployment in India."
Which has better Urdu support -- vi or Emacs? (Score:3, Funny)
But what is better for Hindi and Urdu -- Vi or Emacs?
Sigh... but I guess a bit of flame war is a good change of pace in this dull story about Linux deployment in a traditional Windows markets.
Re:What about Windows? (Score:2, Funny)
Holy bias and son and spirit (Score:3, Funny)
As you can see, I'm kinda hungry.. but that's not the point.
Re:A long way to go (Score:3, Funny)
With all the time you spent banging out that post - perhaps it would have been better spent actually reading the article.. then you might have realized that this has nothing to do with home use...
Re:KDE offers better Tamil, Hindi and Urdu support (Score:2, Funny)
Why I loathe Linux (Score:2, Funny)
Feeling much relieved, I walked out the bathroom door, wondering if I could convince one of my coworkers to drive me back to my apartment. If we hurried, I might be able to make the raid after all. Absorbed in pleasant thoughts of ganking some n00bs, I walked right into someone's path. The impact sent me sprawling. Unsteadily, I rose to my feet, already mumbling an apology. I turned, and the words stuck in my throat; I knew that face! Those pouting lips and vacant blue eyes were a prominent feature in my JPEG collection. She was saying something, but my mind couldn't focus on the words. Before I could stop myself, I blurted out, "Oh my God, you're Paris Hilton!"
Things were kind of a blur after that. We ended up at my apartment, my arm around her waist as I fumbled with the lock. Inside, she set her purse down by the door and looked around. I cringed a bit, seeing my apartment as if through a stranger's eyes. There was a pyramid stack of empty mountain dew cans by my desk, a half-painted army of space marine miniatures covering the couch, and empty pizza boxes serving as a mute testimonial to my ineptitude at cooking. She didn't seem to notice; instead, she saw the cables leading from my desk to the plasma TV and said "wow, is that hooked up to the computer?" Her hands slid up and down the front of my X-box 360 t-shirt as she moaned "I love geeks... they're so hot." I couldn't believe my luck; a six-year-long dry spell was about to come to an end!
I found myself bragging about my setup, rattling off the system specs as she pressed herself against me. She seemed a bit surprised that I hadn't put it together myself, and was strangely silent as I told her about the great financing Dell had given me. The puzzled look turned into a frown when I mentioned the Pentium 4 processor; I found myself becoming defensive, explaining that it was a really innovative architecture while AMD was just a Pentium III retread. It was when I got to the OS that all hell broke loose. She stepped away, a look of total disbelief on her face, and shrieked "XP Media Center? You fucking nerd wannabe!" Grabbing her purse, she stormed out the door. In a rage, I followed her into the hallway, screaming "I downloaded your video!" at her retreating back. "At least Rick Solomon could set up Ubuntu," she snarled over her shoulder as she slammed the building door.
Alone in my apartment, I slumped over my keyboard, weeping bitter tears. Deleting her pictures brought me no consolation; someone had to suffer for the humiliation I had endured. Opening my trusty IE window, I headed off to MSN search to find the people who had brought this shame upon me. I clicked on a likely-looking link, Slashdot.org. Immediately, I knew I was in the right place; they proudly proclaimed themselves as an open-source advocacy site and one of the article headlines made the absurd claim that Windows systems had a higher TCO. They had obviously been ignoring the "Get The Facts" campaign. The comment threads were a target-rich environment: Linux zealots, Apple snobs, Clippy haters, and Firefox fanboys, all waiting to feel my wrath. My lips drew back in a primal snarl as I began crafting my first A.C. post.
From Hell's heart, Tux, I stab at thee!