[Indic-computing-users] Indic solution for *Government Distro*

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

Can someone on Indic Computing or Indian-eGov or even 
bytesforall_readers help with such work on 
Indianising this distro? Sounds interesting. FN

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Jaco Aizenman wrote:

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> Subject: Indiand and Chinese developers welcome - Draft of FSC Press 
> release - Re: Marie
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> Fred, we cannot send you yet the *Government Distro* because it will be
> available just after we finish some internacionalization features that
> will maximize its efficiency in multilanguage countries like India, or
> different typos like China. 
> 
> Thats why we are looking for the *Red Flag* developers, and we will
> apreciate also if you can contact us with Indian developers specialized
> on adapting GNU/Linux Debian to the different Hindu languages.
> 
> Marlon who receives a copy is the *Government Distro* developers leader,
> and Michelle, who also receives a copy, is the *Technical Government
> Body* Coordinator. You may tell Cesar that Marlon and Michelle are
> Brasilians....    ;-)
>  
> Marlon is coming to Costa Rica in August because he is giving a
> presentation of the *Government Distro* to Costa Rican Government officials.
> 
> Please also find below the last version of the *Government Distro* press
> release that will be announced next week.
> 
> FSC PRESS RELEASE
> =======================================================
> Free Software Distribution for Governments
> 
> A Free Software Package known as the "Government Distro" was launched
> on July 1st by the Free Software Consortium (FSC), a global organization
> dedicated to the promotion and commerciali_s_ation of Free Sofware.
> 
> The Government Distro is a compilation of programs widely used by
> the public sector in Brazil, Argentina and Spain. It contains the
> GNU/Linux Operating System, an Office-like suite called Open Office, email
> and instant messenger, a calendar, a database, a web browser application
> and many other programs.
> 
> All these applications have been used and tested previously in dozens
> of Latin American and European users, in order to certify their
> functionality.  They have all been designed by highly talented
> programmers _from_ (all) around the world.
> 
> The Government Distro is meant to be a common free government system
> platform for governments worldwide, both server and
> client-side.
> 
> Therefore, "the Government Distro is a big step towards the implementation
> of Free Software in the public sector around the world", says Marie
> Lopardo, Communications and Marketing (Government Body) Coordinator.
> 
> > To obtain a full version of _the_ Government Distro visit
> > www.fsc.cc/governmentdistro and register for it.
> 
> All the programs in _the_ Government Distro are user-friendly and
> some have been in use since 1999.
> 
> _The_ Free Software Consortium is offering technical assistance for
> Government Distro users.
> 
> For more information, please email gov...@fs...
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> Consortium Development
> Free Software Consortium
> FSConsortium.com 
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