Ubuntu Will Soon Come To India

[CadCrazy]

Currently in talks with some OEMs, and planning to announce something significant within the next few months.

Ubuntu has incereased its activities in India. The company which has made Linux one of the most popular operating system on desktop PCs is all bullish about India. During an interaction with a Canonical spokesperson, when we asked about Ubuntu's plans to open full-fleged office in India, the spokesperson told us that the company does not have any such plans as of now, but they already have some developers working from India. The company will be studying the market and if there is significant demand that requires a presence locally, they just might as well come in.

The company has recently appointed an India-based PR agency, Alliance PR for promotion activities in the country. When our correspondent asked about the move, the spokesperson said, "This is more in the lines of spreading the awareness about Ubuntu. We're currently in talks with some OEMs, and planning to announce something significant within the next few months."

So, is this something in the lines of the Dell-Ubuntu deal? He said, "Yes, but may or may not specifically with Dell. Let's say we're in talks with some of the leading OEMs and we'll announce something as soon as it's finalised."

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[ax3]

hurray ....... finally an office ........

[din]

Great News.

May be Ubuntu pre-installed PCs soon ?

[Gigacore]

cool . . . praka123 will be the first employ as a Beta Tester and Debugger

[mavihs]

Yuppiee!!! Just can't wait for it

[The_Devil_Himself]

wow man great.
Ubuntu preinstalled computers can go great lengths at reducing the rate of piracy in India.

[CadCrazy]

if there is significant demand that requires a presence locally, they just might as well come in.

It might take some long time

[praka123]

where there is meraubuntu.org? to give UVP's //sarcasm

[Gigacore]

^ i would like to have that. . .

[kumarmohit]

HCL already sells some PCs with ubuntu preinstalled

[praka123]

support for Linux shud be like what dell is doing.they are giving drivers and have some custom kernel modules built for dell systems for optimum support of h/w.and afaik they giving the codes back to oss community!
HCL and Dell incomparable.

[kumarmohit]

Naturally, since Dell is a way bigger organization with an international customer base. About HCL, well lesser said, the better it is. But still, it has been selling computers with Ubuntu in India before Dell started anywhere.