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| Saturday, 29 January 2005 |
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Microsoft develops Sinhala software Microsoft Sri Lanka in partnership with the government has developed a Sinhala "enablement package" for Microsoft Windows XP and Office 2003. The software program allows computer users to type, edit, copy, view and print text in Sinhala. The new package will facilitate to coordinate reconstruction and rehabilitation process in the tsunami affected areas. The program's completion was accelerated to meet the needs of government agencies and relief organizations working in the disaster struck areas of Sri Lanka. The software was presented by Microsoft Corporation last week to Lalith Weeratunga, Secretary to the Prime Minister; and also to Dhammika Hewapathirana, Manager of the Centre for National Operations (CNO), Presidents' Secretariat; and Suresh Bartlett, Director of Operations for the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA). " Microsoft's contribution is of enormous value to the reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts which are currently under way in Sri Lanka," said Weeratunga. " |
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