Bridging India's digital divide with Linux Publication: Asia Times Date: Jan 27 2005 Reporter: Ranjit Devraj Anyone who doubts the power of Linux needs only to get hold of a nifty, hand-held device that the Indian army plans to give soldiers in its million-strong army. It is unlikely that Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, ever intended this open-source operating system to be put to military use. But it is a mark of the robustness of this revolutionary operating system that the Indian army is adopting it, and has now completed user trials on the device. Read full article Read full article in new window See other articles by Ranjit Devraj See other articles published by Asia Times Today's headlines Headlines for Jan 27, 2005
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