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F.Y.I. from the Information for Development (i4d) news list this
week.<br><br>
Are these the countries/regions most ready to adopt open source GIS as
well? I would have thought that the size of the Indian market for GIS
alone would warrant an national-level initiative on their part to finally
divorce them from dependence on ESRI, et al.<br><br>
Regards<br><br>
Roger Longhorn<br>
ral@alum.mit.edu<br><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2><b>OPEN SOURCE<br>
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<font face="verdana" size=2><a href="http://www.i4donline.net/news1.asp?fol_name=Tech&file_name=Tech27&get_pic=Tech&p_title=News"></a></font><font face="arial" size=2><b>Insurance
majors in India to shift to Linux<br>
</b></font><font face="verdana" size=2>In India, three of the four
government-owned general insurance majors<br>
- National Insurance Co, United Insurance and New India Assurance, <br>
have decided to use Linux as the backend operating system on <br>
which will run their core insurance
solutions.</font><font face="arial" size=2> <br>
<a href="http://www.i4donline.net/news1.asp?fol_name=News1&file_name=news235">http://www.i4donline.net/news1.asp?fol_name=News1&file_name=news235<br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=2><b>Now a television programme on open
source!<br>
</b></font><font face="verdana" size=2>The South Africa-based 'Go Open
Source' campaign is filming the <br>
world's first television series dedicated to open source software. <br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><a href="http://www.i4donline.net/news1.asp?fol_name=O_Source&file_name=src40">http://www.i4donline.net/news1.asp?fol_name=O_Source&file_name=src40<br>
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Roger A. Longhorn<br>
Director, Info-Dynamics Research Associates Ltd<br>
EC Projects Office<br>
1A Potters Cross, Wootton<br>
Bedfordshire MK43 9JG, U.K.<br>
Computer voicemail & Fax +44 (0)870 134 6492<br>
E-mail: ral@alum.mit.edu<br>
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