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WINDOWS 2000 IN KANNADA

Bill Gates is expected to fund many projects in Karnataka while his Windows goes the Kannada way.

Gates' latest visit boosted Karnataka's IT Initiatives

Gates' latest visit boosted Karnataka's IT Initiatives

Karnataka's IT savvy Chief minister S M Krishna's long handshake with Bill Gates on September 14, 2000 in New Delhi may be an indication of the state's future alliance with Microsoft Corporation.

S M Krishna, in his meeting with the richest man on earth, which lasted for half-an-hour, gave Bill Gates a preview of Karnataka's mega projects involving mega investments. Lead by the Chief Minister, the state delegation comprised the State Planning Board Deputy Chariman Jairam Ramesh, IT Secretary Vivek Kulkarni, among others.

The Chief Software Architect of MS was impressed with the state government's initiatives on IT education and e-governance which has been cited on its policy paper 'Maahiti'.

Kannada software development initiated

Gates showed keen interest in developing software in Kannada language, which is one of the state's projects. He also assured the Chief Minister that his company would collaborate with the government in promoting software in Kannada. The letter codes of the computer script of Kannada language are specific to the software developer and with so many such developers, Kannada documents are having compatibility problems. When this abnormality was explained to Gates along with the steps taken by the government to combat the same, he was convinced about the need for incorporating Kannada in Windows (Gates recalled his company's efforts in helping the Chinese government develop software in Mandarin, which is one of the toughest languages). IT Secretary Vivek Kulkarni, who would be deputed for Kannada software development, is expected to visit the US-based MS office in this regard.

Mega buck to flow into India

Bill Gates' visit would bring fifty million USD (Rs 225 crore) investment into India in the coming three years.

Ten million USD (Rs 45 crore) would go towards philanthrophy.

State hopes for strategic alliance with MS, requests funding of following projects.

Computer education for five thousand schools in state.
Setting up of 15-kilometre Biotech corridor off Bellary Road and an Institute of Biotechnology. The institute is expected to have centres for agricultural biotechnology, human genetics and bio-informatics.
Setting up a centre in e-governance that would enable IT to serve in the public domain.
To establish learning centres in engineering colleges.

(The first and the last two projects are expected to be funded under 250 million USD and 15 million USD of Gates' Foundation respectively.)

Gates-Wipro alliance

Impressed with Wipro's unique positioning as the top most systems integrator, Bill Gates discussed Wipro's partnership with his futuristic technology .NET. Their partnership would develop .NET strategies for platforms, products and related services. Gates spelled out these initiatives in his meeting with Wipro's Chariman Azim Premji and Vivek Paul, Vice Chairman of the company. Wipro uses both Microsoft's and its own tools for serving various clientele.

The Chief Minister, S M Krishna, extended an invitation to Gates to visit Karnataka when he comes to India next time. Gates is expecting Karnataka to set up anti-piracy law. In this regard, the Chief Minister and Infosys' Chariman Narayana Murthy assured him of a strict law against piracy and police action. They also guaranteed that Karnataka would emerge as the first piracy-free state in India. Karnataka is setting up a committee under the presidentship of the state home minister to formulate anti-piracy laws.

Click here to read about Infosys-MS tie-up

- Charan CS

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