GoI spreading #misinformation on #OpenSource, 7 months after awarding 75 lakh to Brave fork/rebrand "made in India"
> A senior official said Zoho’s suite has also been activated to ensure that government employees do not use open source applications to create word files, spreadsheets and presentations.
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> Though the suite was available earlier, not many government employees were using it. “It was found that many government employees were using open source tools, which could compromise security of files, and it was decided to make them aware and display its features prominently on the internal mail platform,” said the official.
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The Hindu
Email accounts of 12 lakh Central government employees now run on Zoho’s platform
Government email addresses of 12 lakh employees, including PMO, migrated to Zoho suite for enhanced security and productivity.