ZDNet UK reports India’s project to distribute FOSS CDs to its citizens continues to thrive. A CD containing Tamil-localized versions of OpenOffice, Firefox and other FOSS desktop apps will be distributed to 3.5 million Tamil speakers around the globe.

On June 21, a Hindi version of the CD will be released, with a much larger number of copies to be produced.

All 22 official languages of India will eventually have their own FOSS CD. Tens of millions of people will receive them.

(See the Technology Development for Indian Languages project site.)

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