Dated December 1, 1999
Bangalore

C-DAC has, for the third consecutive year bagged the PC Quest Users' Choice '99 Award for its GIST software called iLEAP. The Award was received by Prof. N. Chandrasekaran, Director, C-DAC Bangalore, at a glittering ceremony in Bangalore.

Launched in October '98, iLEAP, a version from the LEAP family, is an intelligent, Internet ready Indian language word processor which can be adapted for use in as many as 13 Indian Languages. LEAP as a Windows based language solution, has a user base of more than fifty thousand, iLEAP is targeted for the Small Office Home Office (SOHO) market segment. Its versatility lies in its ability to allow the user to send eMail messages in any Indian language including Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu.

The factors that determined the decision in favor of iLEAP were performance, price, popularity, quality, support and ease of use.