Indian Tech Hub Chooses Microsoft
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08:54 AM Dec. 20, 2004 PT
Microsoft won a battle against open-source software supporters in India's technology hub of Bangalore, with local authorities choosing its software for networking the state's utilities and services.
An e-governance project for the 55 million people of Karnataka state, of which Bangalore is the capital, will begin April 2005 and will be powered by Microsoft's (MSFT) proprietary software.
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See what Atul Chitnis got to say aboyt the Bangalore one project.
The Bangalore One project, while noble in concept and intent, is a classic implementation of a project built on lack of information by the people executing it.
The project, being built completely on a proprietary platform developed by an American software company, will be used to collect and maintain information about the citizens of the state of Karnataka.
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