Millions in India to get OpenOffice, Firefox and other OpenSource apps

CDs containing localised versions of OpenOffice, Firefox and other open source applications will be distributed to millions of people by the Indian government.

The Indian government is trying to encourage the use of computers across the country by distributing free CDs that contain localised versions of popular open source applications.

The government has started distributing CDs containing Tamil-language versions of various open source applications, including the Firefox browser, the OpenOffice.org productivity suite and the Columba email client.

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