US firm wannna push Linux in India
A US firm Open Invention Network (OIN) is in talks with Indian IT companies to push Linux system.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Open Invention Network (OIN), a US firm funded by six companies including IBM and Red Hat, is exploring possibilities in India to spur innovation and protect the Linux systems widely seen as a slow but certain challenge to Microsoft's proprietary Windows operating system.
Linux is a free operating system and is gaining popularity with computer makers like Dell, HP, and Lenovo.
Currently, the company officials are touring Indian technology centres hosting IT and intellectual property (IP) like Bangalore and Hyderabad which houses IT majors like Wipro and Infosys and is on a patent-hunt for Linux related software which the company plans to make available to all by licensing them on a royalty-free basis.
"We have already spent several million dollars in acquiring over 100 US and foreign patents and applications... and we have ample supply of money to buy others that may exist in India and other emerging markets," Open Invention Network CEO Jerry Rosenthal told media-persons at a press conference here.
Open Invention Network is an intellectual property company that was formed in 2005 by IBM, NEC, Philips, Red Hat, Sony and Novell, to promote and protect Linux by using patents to create a collaborative environment.
Linux is a free operating system and is gaining popularity with computer makers like Dell, HP, and Lenovo.
Currently, the company officials are touring Indian technology centres hosting IT and intellectual property (IP) like Bangalore and Hyderabad which houses IT majors like Wipro and Infosys and is on a patent-hunt for Linux related software which the company plans to make available to all by licensing them on a royalty-free basis.
"We have already spent several million dollars in acquiring over 100 US and foreign patents and applications... and we have ample supply of money to buy others that may exist in India and other emerging markets," Open Invention Network CEO Jerry Rosenthal told media-persons at a press conference here.
Open Invention Network is an intellectual property company that was formed in 2005 by IBM, NEC, Philips, Red Hat, Sony and Novell, to promote and protect Linux by using patents to create a collaborative environment.
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