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Government of Indian State Fully Adopts FOSS in Schools; Saves $45M

posted by mrpg on Wednesday March 08 2017, @02:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the enough-toe-dipping,-already dept.

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BGR (originally Boy Genius Report) reports

The Kerala government has made a saving of Rs 300 crore through introduction and adoption of Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) in the school education sector, said a state government official [February 26]. IT became a compulsory subject in Kerala schools from 2003, but it was [only in 2005] that FOSS was introduced in a phased manner and started to replace proprietary software.

[...] "The proprietary version of this software would have incurred a minimum cost of Rs 150,000 per machine [$2250] in terms of [license] fee. Hence, the minimum savings in a year (considering 20,000 machines) is Rs 300 crore [$45M]. It's not the cost saving that matters more, but the fact that the Free Software [license] enables not only teachers and students but also the general public an opportunity to copy, distribute, and share the contents and use it as they wish", [said K. Anwar Sadath, executive director IT@School.]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @05:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @05:05AM (#476337)

    Free Software Foundation Europe got its foot in the door and this was added to the thingie: [fsfe.org]

    The strategy must be clear on which applications on LiMux-Basis will no longer be needed. The city council is to be informed on the extent that this requires write-offs of prior investments. Furthermore, a rough budget to illustrate the costs associated with the unification is to be presented. The city council will then make a final decision.
    [...]
    Strategic goal must remain that administrative tools shall be usable independently of the client-side operating system[1] (e.g. web apps, virtualisation, remote desktop services).

    [1] That's what they paid Accenture big bucks to tell them.

    I'm still wondering just how long it will be before the taxpayers of Munich rebel against their spendthrift politicians (tens of millions in estimated additional costs for no gain).

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