Monday, August 08, 2005

Technology News: Commentary : Emerging Alternatives to Windows Vista

Technology News: Commentary : Emerging Alternatives to Windows Vista: "In India, however, Linux is getting a big push. Representative of this is the new system recently launched by HCL Infosystems. With a VIA 1 GHz processor, 128 MB RAM, 40 GB drive, 15-inch digital color monitor, 52X CD drive, keyboard and a mouse, the thing costs about US$220. And it runs Linux.

Interestingly enough, because of power problems there, the machine is equipped to run off a car battery"

"From the government side they felt they needed to support the massive number of dialects that they had in the country and only through a combination of open source Latest News about open source and Linux could they afford to get there."

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