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"The most unfortunate thing is that India
still seems to believe in proprietary solutions. Further spread of IT
which is influencing the daily life of individuals would
have a devastating effect on the lives of society due to any small
shift
in the business practice involving these proprietary solutions. It is
precisely for these reasons open source software needs to be built
which would be cost effective for the entire society,"
-- Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India
Why SMC ?
Most of the people ask us this question whenever we talks about SMC.
Technology creates developed nations, so to become a developed nation
we should master the technology, to master technology, we should have
an easy access to technology. Proprietary softwares like Microsoft
Windows do not allows users to modify the software, this actually
hinders improvement of softwares in other words gives the companies to
dictate the way use your computer. Where as Free softwares
allows users to legally make any modifications to any Free
software.
If you like to know more about free software please visit Free Software
Foundation (FSF) home page.
As GNU/Linux
is a FREE full blown
operating system created with help
of GNU volunteers and other Free software enthusiasts all over the
world, it is an appropriate choice for a country like ours. By
localizing GNU/Linux to Malayalam, we are hoping that it may help the
technology to reach to more people in Kerala.
Another reason would be this, If Kerala Government could use
GNU/Linux, that will save millions, which can be used for something
useful for the people of Kerala. To reach this aim, we need to create
a good stable localized version of GNU/Linux.
If France, China, Germany and many other countries can have Operating
System in their native language why can't we also have. But we cannot
ask anybody else to write it for us. We have great brains here. This is
a small effort to make all those people join together to achieve the
goal of Malayalam Operating System.
-- SMC Team
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