Chennai: Red Hat, world's leading provider of open source solutions, plans to launch Linux operating systems in eight Indian languages including Marathi, Telegu and Malayalam next year, Javed Tapia, Director, Red Hat India, said today.
The decision follows the success of its desktops in five Indian languages viz., Hindi, Tamil, Bangla, Gujarati and Punjabi in the country, he told PTI here.
Similar to the existing local languages desktops, all the eight Indian language operating systems wud contain applications such as office suite with a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool as well as a Web browser and an e-mail client.
Tapia said Red Hat was also working to provide the entire "eco-system" for the Linux desktops such as printer and scanner, which would respond to the local-language operating systems. "We need to provide the whole ecosystem that would work with the Linux desktops," he said.
De US--based company, which announced global revenues of $ 60.8 million in the first quarter, a growth of 46 per cent year-over-year, was also bullish on the Indian market.
Tapia said Red Hat was working with several State governments in the e-governance and the educational fronts. Many of the e-governance projects of the States were run on Linux-based systems. Similarly, it was also important to train students on Linux and Open Source Technologies, he said.
Red Hat India, he said, has grown significantly in India in the last 12 months, with offices in seven cities and an employee base of 85 people.
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The decision follows the success of its desktops in five Indian languages viz., Hindi, Tamil, Bangla, Gujarati and Punjabi in the country, he told PTI here.
Similar to the existing local languages desktops, all the eight Indian language operating systems wud contain applications such as office suite with a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool as well as a Web browser and an e-mail client.
Tapia said Red Hat was also working to provide the entire "eco-system" for the Linux desktops such as printer and scanner, which would respond to the local-language operating systems. "We need to provide the whole ecosystem that would work with the Linux desktops," he said.
De US--based company, which announced global revenues of $ 60.8 million in the first quarter, a growth of 46 per cent year-over-year, was also bullish on the Indian market.
Tapia said Red Hat was working with several State governments in the e-governance and the educational fronts. Many of the e-governance projects of the States were run on Linux-based systems. Similarly, it was also important to train students on Linux and Open Source Technologies, he said.
Red Hat India, he said, has grown significantly in India in the last 12 months, with offices in seven cities and an employee base of 85 people.
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