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Public
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text-align: center; width: 394px;"><big><span
style="color: rgb(102, 153, 51);">April 2011</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">
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<p><font size="+1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span
style="color: rgb(102, 153, 51);"><a name="ISSUE"></a>IN
THIS
ISSUE</span></span></font></p>
<font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span
style="color: rgb(102, 153, 51);"></span></span><big><br>
</big> </font><big><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="#WITHIN_THE_GOVERNMENT">Within
the Government</a> <br>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">• </span><span
style="font-weight: normal;"></span><a
style="font-weight: normal;" href="#MHRD_directive"><span
lang="en-GB"><span style="background-color:
transparent; background-image: none;
background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment:
scroll; background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">MHRD
directive to explore open
source options</span></span></a><br>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">• </span><a
href="#Assam"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></a><a
style="font-weight: normal;" href="#Broadband"><span
lang="en-GB"><span style="background-color:
transparent; background-image: none;
background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment:
scroll; background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Broadband
for
all village panchayats by 2012</span></span></a><a
style="font-weight: normal;" href="#Assam"><span
style="font-weight: normal;"></span></a><br>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">• </span><a
href="PS_January%202011.html#Assam"><span
style="font-weight: normal;"></span></a><a
style="font-weight: normal;" href="#Kochi"><span
lang="en-GB"><span style="background-color:
transparent; background-image: none;
background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment:
scroll; background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">International
Centre
for
FOSS in Kochi</span></span></a><a
style="font-weight: normal;"
href="PS_January%202011.html#Assam"><span
style="font-weight: normal;"></span></a><br>
<br>
<a href="#WITHIN_OTHER_PUBLIC_INSTITUTIONS">Within other
public
institutions</a> <br>
<font style="font-weight: normal;">• </font><a
style="font-weight: normal;" moz-do-not-send="true"
href="#CDAC"><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat;
background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size:
auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">CDAC
releases BOSS Linux</span></span></a><br>
</big>
<p style="font-weight: bold;"><br>
<font size="-1"><a style="font-weight: normal;"
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="PS_January%202011.html#CeTIT"><span
style="font-family: sans-serif;"></span></a></font></p>
<font size="-1"><a style="font-weight: normal;"
moz-do-not-send="true" href="#CeTIT"><span
style="font-family: sans-serif;"></span></a></font></td>
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<font size="-1"><br>
<br>
<br>
</font><big><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="#EDUCATION">Education</a><br>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">• </span><a
style="font-weight: normal;" moz-do-not-send="true"
href="#Microsoft"><font>Microsoft
to provide software to college students</font></a><br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="#INTERNATIONAL">International</a><br>
<font style="font-weight: normal;">• </font><a
style="font-weight: normal;" moz-do-not-send="true"
href="#Cuba"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">Cuba
migrating
to open software</span></a><br style="font-weight:
normal;">
<font style="font-weight: normal;">• </font><a
style="font-weight: normal;" moz-do-not-send="true"
href="#Estonia"><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat;
background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size:
auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Estonian
ministry
saves millions with open software</span></span></a><br>
<font style="font-weight: normal;"> </font><font
style="font-weight: normal;">• </font><a
style="font-weight: normal;" href="#Latvia"><span
style="text-decoration: none;"><span
style="font-weight: normal;"><font>Open
Document Formats official in Latvia</font></span></span></a><br>
<font style="font-weight: normal;">• </font><a
style="font-weight: normal;" href="#Wikileaks"><span
style="text-decoration: none;"><span
style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span
style="text-decoration: none;"><span
style="font-weight: normal;">Internet
Governance in the aftermath of
WikiLeaks</span></span><span
style="text-decoration: none;"><span
style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></a></big>
<br>
<font size="-1"> </font>
<p><font size="-1"><a href="PS_January%202011.html#FOSS"><span
style="font-weight: normal;"></span></a></font></p>
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background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 394px;
text-align: center;" colspan="2"> <span
style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span
style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> </span>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:
rgb(255, 102, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(255,
102, 0);"></span>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<p><big style="color: rgb(102, 153, 51);"><span
style="font-weight: bold;"><small><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
name="WITHIN_THE_GOVERNMENT"></a><big><big><font
size="-1"><big><big>WITHIN
THE
GOVERNMENT</big></big></font></big></big></small></span></big></p>
</div>
<big><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> </span></big>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: justify;"><big> </big></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><big><big><span
style="font-weight: bold;"></span> </big></big></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><big> </big></div>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align:
justify; margin-left: 18px; width: 792px;"><big><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><b><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none;
background-repeat: repeat;
background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;"><a name="MHRD_directive"></a>MHRD
issues directive to explore open
source options </span></b><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">-
</span><span style="background-color:
transparent; background-image: none;
background-repeat: repeat;
background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">The
Ministry of Human Resource Development
(MHRD) has directed educational
institutions to explore open source
alternatives before adopting
proprietary software. Click <a
href="http://www.public-software.in/MHRD_directive"
target="_blank">here</a>
to read the full text of the directive.</span></span></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="font-style: normal;"><span
style="font-weight: normal;"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none;
background-repeat: repeat;
background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;"></span></span></span></span></big></font></big></p>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align:
justify; margin-left: 17px; width: 793px;"><big><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><b><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none;
background-repeat: repeat;
background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;"><a name="Broadband"></a>Broadband
for all village </span></b><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial; font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;">panchayats</span><b><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none;
background-repeat: repeat;
background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">
by 2012 </span></b></span></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">-
</span></span></big></font><font size="-1"><big><span
lang="en-GB"><span style="background-color:
transparent; background-image: none;
background-repeat: repeat;
background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">All
250,000 <span style="font-style: italic;">panchayats</span>
in the
country will receive public connectivity
by
mid-2012. The broadband connections will
be provided by the government
and managed by local government
institutions. <a
href="http://www.igovernment.in/site/all-village-panchayats-have-broadband-2012-39059"
target="_blank">Read more.</a> <br>
</span></span></big></font></big></p>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align:
justify; margin-left: 16px; width: 792px;"><big><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;"><a name="Kochi"></a><span
style="font-weight: bold;">International
Centre
for FOSS in Kochi </span></span></span></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">-</span></span></big></font></big><font
size="-1"><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><big>
The centre aims to provide technical
assistance in using FOSS in government
functions, while also acting as
a research centre. <a
href="http://expressbuzz.com/cities/kochi/international-centre-for-foss-from-next-month/245320.html"
target="_blank">Read more.</a> </big><br>
</span></span></font></p>
</div>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal;
text-decoration: none;" align="justify" lang="en-GB"><span
style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><font style="color:
rgb(102, 153, 51);" size="-1"><span
style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></span></p>
<br>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal;
text-decoration: none;" align="justify" lang="en-GB"><big><span
style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><font
style="color: rgb(102, 153, 51);" size="-1"><big><span
style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big></font></span></big><span
style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><font style="color:
rgb(102, 153, 51);" size="-1"><span
style="font-weight: bold;"><big><a
name="WITHIN_OTHER_PUBLIC_INSTITUTIONS"></a><big>WITHIN
OTHER
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS</big><br>
</big> </span></font></span> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-family: sans-serif;
text-align: justify; margin-left: 18px; width: 793px;"><big><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><b><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;"><a name="CDAC"></a>CDAC
releases BOSS Linux </span></b></span></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">-
</span></span></big></font><font size="-1"><big><span
lang="en-GB"><b><span style="background-color:
transparent; background-image: none;
background-repeat: repeat;
background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;"></span></b><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">The
BOSS GNU/Linux Desktop Ver 4.0 contains
several updates in major
applications, as well as support for 22
Indian languages. This release
by </span></span></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">CDAC
<a href="www.cdac.in">(Centre for
Development of Advanced
Computing)</a></span></span></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">,
a government agency, is indicative of a
shift in recognising public
software as an entitlement that is to be
provided by the state. </span></span></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">Click
<a href="http://bosslinux.in/BOSS-Release">here</a>
to read the
release notes. </span></span></big></font></big></p>
<br>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="justify"><font
style="color: rgb(102, 153, 51);" size="-1"><span
style="font-weight: bold;"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" name="EDUCATION"></a><big>EDUCATION</big></span></font><big><br>
</big> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 18px; width:
793px;"><big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" name="Microsoft"></a><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
</span></span><font size="-1"><big><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-family:
sans-serif;">Microsoft to
provide software to college students</span><span
style="font-family: sans-serif;"> </span></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><big><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none;
background-repeat: repeat;
background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
-moz-background-size: auto auto;
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">-
</span></span></big></big></font></big><big><font
size="-1"><big><span style="font-family:
sans-serif;">Proprietary software majors
Microsoft and Autodesk have signed an MoU
(Memorandum of Understanding)
with the All India Council of
Technical Education (AICTE) to provide their
software to college
students. The move is of concern, because
students will now be
provided with just a single proprietary
software product to learn a
concept. Publicly owned alternatives such as
<a href="http://www.qcad.org/">QCAD</a> also
enable
the students to study, modify and share the
software. A Right to
Information (RTI) request
for details of the MoU was refused. <a
href="http://lug-iitd.posterous.com/an-appeal-to-aicte-for-asking-mou-between-mic">Read
more.
</a></span></big></font><font size="-1"><big><big><span
style="font-family: monospace;"> </span></big></big></font></big></big></p>
<big><br>
</big>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="justify"><big><big><span
style="color: rgb(107, 75, 130); font-weight:
bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 116, 113);"><small><span
style="color: rgb(102, 153, 51);"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
name="INTERNATIONAL"></a><big><font
size="-1"><big><big>INTERNATIONAL</big></big></font></big></span></small></span></span></big><br>
<big><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big><big><span
style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big><big><span
style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
src="http://www.itforchange.net/images/Genderis_bulletin_links/publication2.jpg"
align="left" vspace="0"><big><span
style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big></a><a
moz-do-not-send="true" vspace="0" align="left"
src="http://www.itforchange.net/images/ITfC_News_Dec09_links/paper_compressed.jpeg"><big><span
style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big></a><big><span
style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big></big> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal;
text-decoration: none; text-align: justify;
margin-left: 23px; width: 790px;" lang="en-GB"><big><font
size="-2"><big><font style="font-weight: bold;"
size="-1"><big><big><a name="Cuba"></a><span
style="font-family: sans-serif;"><small>Cuba
migrating
to open source Linux and Open Office</small>
</span></big></big></font></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><span
style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
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-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
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style="font-family: sans-serif;"></span></big></big></font><small><font
size="-1"><big><span style="font-family:
sans-serif;">The government
of Cuba has set a
strategic goal in 2011 to migrate most
of its computers to open
source
software</span></big></font><font
style="font-weight: bold;" size="-1"><big><span
style="font-family: sans-serif;">. </span></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><span style="font-family:
sans-serif;"><a
href="http://www.developer.com/daily_news/cuba-migrating-to-open-source-linux-and-openoffice.html">Read
more.</a> </span></big></font></small></big></font><font
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style="font-style: normal;"></span></big></font></big></p>
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size="-1"><big><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big></font></big></p>
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sans-serif;"><big> </big></div>
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font-family: sans-serif; margin-left: 22px; width:
791px;" lang="en-GB"><big><font size="-1"><big><font
style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="Estonia"></a></font></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><span lang="en-GB"><b><span
style="background-color: transparent;
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ministry saves millions by using open
software </span></b></span></big></font><font
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style="background-color: transparent;
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repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
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lang="en-GB"><b><span style="background-color:
transparent; background-image: none;
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background-position: 0% 50%;
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style="background-color: transparent;
background-image: none; background-repeat:
repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
background-position: 0% 50%;
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-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">The
Estonian Environment Ministry has saved
millions of euros over the past
ten years by using OpenOffice.org, says
Meelis Merilo, the head of the
IT department at the Ministry. <a
href="http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/en/news/world/1877-ministerstvo-vo-estonija-zashteduva-milioni-so-koristenje-na-softver-so-otvoren-kod">Read
more.</a></span><a
href="http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/en/news/world/1877-ministerstvo-vo-estonija-zashteduva-milioni-so-koristenje-na-softver-so-otvoren-kod"><b><span
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791px;"><big><font size="-1"><big><span
style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big></font><font
size="-1"><big><span style="text-decoration:
none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font
style="font-weight: bold;"><a
name="Latvia"></a>Open Document Formats
(.ODF) now officially accepted in Latvia </font><font>In
November,
India became one of the first countries to
adopt open
standards in e-governance. Other countries
seem to be following the
lead, as a
Latvian government official announced that
beginning January, all
government departments in Latvia must
accept documents and submissions
in the open format .ODF. <a
href="http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Latvia-ODF-acceptance-mandatory-1173340.html">Read
more.</a> <br>
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791px;"><font size="-1"><span style="text-decoration:
none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><big><span
style="font-weight: bold;"><a
name="Wikileaks"></a>Internet Governance
in the aftermath of WikiLeaks</span>
This piece examines the political decisions
that led to the removal of
WikiLeaks from Amazon, EasyDNS and
PayPal/Visa. Many national
governments have begun to switch to open
source software as a way to
reduce their dependence on US-developed
software. <a
href="http://deepdip.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/after-the-deluge-internet-governance-in-the-aftermath-of-wikileaks/">Read
more.</a> </big><br>
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