The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has finalized a tender for 40,000 Lenovo desktops which can be installed with both Novell’s Suse Linux and Microsoft’s Windows XP Starter Edition. According to C. Umashankar, managing director of Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (Elcot), the desktops will be deployed across schools and government departments in the state. Elcot is Tamil Nadu’s state-owned IT supplier.
This is a big win for Linux in India, and in general. The machines cost just under $500 each and include both SuSE and Windows Starter Edition.
Source: ZDNet India