Indian Govt To Launch Own Operating System Named BOSS To Replace Microsoft Windows

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Following the trend of ‘Make In India’, another step has been taken towards digitization of India.
In this bold move, the government in all set to resurrect their own operating system which is named Bharat Operating System Solutions or BOSS.

This OS, which was initially developed in 2007 by National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) of India, is a free and open source operating system. The latest version of BOSS was released in 2013, after that it is said to have undergone many changes to fit the process.


According to a report by DNA, it has been launched to overcome the vulnerabilities that exist in government cyberspace which lead to frequent hacking attempts by Chinese hackers and Indian group of hackers.

Government officials have reported that the system will be unveiled and discussed in an internal meeting in union home ministry during this week. The latest version of BOSS, which has been tweaked by C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) has passed all tests of attacks during the trial period.

It has an on-screen keyboard and a bulk file converter inbuilt in the system to ensure a safe and speedy transfer of data from one OS to BOSS.


The OS is available in 18 languages including regional languages such as Assamese, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati and many others.

It has an on-screen keyboard and a bulk file converter inbuilt in the system to ensure a safe and speedy transfer of data from one OS to BOSS.

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Indian Govt To Launch Own Operating System Named BOSS To Replace Microsoft Windows
 
Prashant Kumar said:
Now MS Needs to Reduce Price Atleast 70%

Don't think so.

We don't know how ''user-friendly'' is this OS ?

How many people switched to open OS available ??:shy
 
Rahulan Ratnarajah said:
Don't think so.

We don't know how ''user-friendly'' is this OS ?

How many people switched to open OS available ??:shy

MSFT's most income comes from bulk organisation customers by volume license. Recently China has already banned Win 8 (I am sure they will do it for Win 10 also), Canadian Govt also found spying windows 10 recently, Russia, Germany and many other countries are mulling to ban MSFT's OS. This shows MSFT is loosing bulk customers one by one. That's you can expect all future windows as free upgrade

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/canada-investigating-claims-windows-10-is-spying-on-users-10500211.html

China bans use of Microsoft's Windows 8 on government computers| Reuters

http://www.ibtimes.com/windows-10-could-be-banned-russian-government-workers-after-privacy-concerns-spark-2065183
 
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