FYI: ODF in India

[Erwin Tenhumberg <Erwin.Tenhumberg@Sun.COM>]

FYI

"Welcoming this initiative and highlighting its importance in Indian IT 
Scenario, Chandershekhar, secretary, Ministry of Information & 
Technology, Government of India said, "We are glad to note that with 
formation of a National ODF alliance, India too would be playing a 
pivotal role in spearheading the ODF revolution. Further, considering 
the huge potential of eGovernance in the nation as well as the need to 
adopt open standards to make our data systems more inter-operable and 
independent of any limiting proprietary tools, we feel that ODF is a 
great technological leap and a big boon to further propel IT right to 
India's grass root levels. I congratulate this initiative of leading 
private & public organisations and wish them all the best in this 
endeavor.""

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