Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Mini Laptops

2008-04-06 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Rony wrote: jtd wrote: On Saturday 05 April 2008 01:08 pm, Rony wrote: I was checking out the net for mini laptops and found this one too. http://www.aci-asia.com/html/Ethos_7.html It has a 40 gb hdd too. Anyone has any info on it? Vapour ware. I phoned them 4

Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. opensource application similar to Tally ??

2008-03-11 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Nishit Dave wrote: On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Saswata Banerjee Associates Anyone needing help on this, contact me offline. Lets not waste time of others on the group on how to get accounting working on new software. 0. Mr.Shah's interests will be well-served if you gave him

Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. opensource application similar to Tally ??

2008-03-11 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Nishit Dave wrote: On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Saswata Banerjee Associates Anyone needing help on this, contact me offline. Lets not waste time of others on the group on how to get accounting working on new software. 0. Mr.Shah's interests will be well-served if you gave him

Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. opensource application similar to Tally ??

2008-03-11 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Rony wrote: Saswata Banerjee Associates wrote: But the problems with Tally are must more deep rooted. (I suspect you have not bother to read the prev posts on the matter). It allows the user to delete and insert data into any book at any time for any date. It automatically renumbers

Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. opensource application similar to Tally ??

2008-03-09 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Agnello George wrote: The positives for Tally include: [i] it doesn't really expect the end user to have an expertise equivalent to a CA [ii] fairly rapid inclusion of business rules according to Government directives [iii] an enterprise edition that allows distributed data collection points

Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. opensource application similar to Tally ??

2008-03-09 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 jtd wrote: | According to those who know Tally is the worst possible software you | could use to manage your accounting. Search for Saswata and KG's post | on this list. The positives for Tally include: [i] it

Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. opensource application similar to Tally ??

2008-03-09 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On 08-Mar-08, at 6:13 PM, jtd wrote: I would like to know if there is any account software similar to Tally According to those who know Tally is the worst possible software you could use to manage your accounting. Search for Saswata and KG's post on this

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 59, Issue 4

2008-03-08 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Nishit Dave wrote: On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Saswata Banerjee Associates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why do you consider SEO as a violation of ethics ? Anyone who has a website is putting it up not because he likes html coding, but because he (or she) wants others to see

Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. opensource application similar to Tally ??

2008-03-08 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
jtd wrote: On Saturday 08 March 2008 05:56 pm, Agnello George wrote: HI I would like to know if there is any account software similar to Tally According to those who know Tally is the worst possible software you could use to manage your accounting. Search for Saswata and KG's

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 59, Issue 4

2008-03-07 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Nishit Dave wrote: On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Fitzerald sylvester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi guys, any web promotion tricks using free software gnu/linux ? If you are talking about SEO, many of us may find the idea odious, as the free software gnu/linux movement depends

Re: [ILUG-BOM] is SEO unethical [was] Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 59, Issue 4

2008-03-07 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On 08-Mar-08, at 10:05 AM, Saswata Banerjee Associates wrote: If you are talking about SEO, many of us may find the idea odious, as the free software gnu/linux movement depends on ethics. Why do you consider SEO as a violation of ethics ? Anyone who has

Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to host a website on a dynamic IP was MTNL Triband Query

2007-11-13 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On 12-Nov-07, at 1:37 PM, Rajeev R. K. wrote: ip. For your friends, you can do port forwarding and phone them to tell them which IP they need to go to. Now, that is not entirely accurate. Hosting a site on a dynamic IP is not a problem at all. There are even a

Re: [ILUG-BOM] LUKSH an invitation from Comet Media Foundation, Mumbai

2007-09-27 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
A friend of mine sent me the same invite. What exactly is going on ? Are they starting a LUG or a providing a discussion forum or what ? Anyone has an idea about it ? And how is comet media involved ? Regards Saswata Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] wrote: From: Comet Media [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Opensource for a Small Manufacturing unit

2007-01-08 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Devdas Bhagat wrote: On 06/01/07 17:55 +0530, Saswata Banerjee Associates wrote: snip Huh ? Tally works with double entry accounting. Where did you get the idea that tally does not follow double entry accounting ? One of the few things about double entry accounting I remember

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Opensource for a Small Manufacturing unit

2007-01-08 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Devdas Bhagat wrote: *deleted * BTW, I am yet to see Tally Linux. I doubt if the dealers or even Tally customer support would have heard of it. It is a statement that they have been making for a lng time and can be classified with vaporware. Is that Tally on Linux, or a

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Opensource for a Small Manufacturing unit

2007-01-06 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Devdas Bhagat wrote: On 05/01/07 21:48 -0800, Koustubha Kale wrote: --- Laxminarayan G Kamath A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Requirements: Tally software Tally is available on Linux. Also your accountants and Auditors will be really happy if they have tally. Its a sound

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Need inputs for FOSS Hospital Management Tools

2006-12-22 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Dinesh Shah wrote: Hi All! I will meeting a charitable hospital management tomorrow. They want to migrate to FOSS technologies for their hospital. This hospital caters to about 1000 OPD cases on daily bases. They already have some accounting, attendance and payroll software running on MS

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Shiv Kumar's Tribune India Article

2006-11-06 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Vihan Pandey wrote: Hi Shiv, i checked out your article, one query however you mention : `` The recent scandal involving software engineers at the National Security Council Secretariat who leaked information to the American Central Intelligence Agency allegedly saw some of them swap

Re: [ILUG-BOM] GnuCash Business accounting features

2006-10-28 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Navneet Karnani wrote: I am wondering if anyone evaluated using the GnuCash backend for the Tally Alternative ? I know its written in C, but that should be no reason to re-write the whole thing. Hi I tried to use GnuCash 2 years back and it was designed for home and personal finance. I have

[ILUG-BOM] Flash on Linux

2006-10-20 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Hi Please check out http://news.com.com/Adobe+releases+beta+of+Flash+for+Linux/2100-1012-6127429.html?part=dhttag=nl.e433 This should make many people happy. Regards Saswata -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: need a tally alternative on gnu/linux.

2006-10-18 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Navneet Karnani wrote: We are working with multi-branch set up in our clients offices. We have 1 mbps triband lines connecting each of the branches. Even with that, and with ssh tunneling set up, we find the set up a problem. I suspect the 64kb line is going to be a source of frustration in

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: need a tally alternative on gnu/linux.

2006-10-17 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
jtd wrote: On Sunday 15 October 2006 23:38, Saswata Banerjee Associates wrote: Second, I think we should build web-based software. It is easier to run I disagree. Web stuff is far harder to get right than a plain, X will work in the office. How will you connect multiple

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: need a tally alternative on gnu/linux.

2006-10-16 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Rony wrote: Saswata Banerjee Associates wrote: Hi Everyone, First, I am against the concept of cloning tally. Because tally is a very unsafe software. We refer to it as a Time Bomb. I have explained this in the past on the group, but let me explain again. Hi Saswata, The tally

Re: [ILUG-BOM] PPPoE problem.

2006-09-24 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Rony wrote: jtd wrote: On Thursday 21 September 2006 23:43, Rony wrote: A client of mine was happily using Mandrake 10.1 on his system for 2 years. Is there someone in the neighbourhood on the same ISP. Just check his ip before and after connect. I can do that in the same machine

Re: [ILUG-BOM] 10 common misunderstandings about the GPL

2006-09-10 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: i suggest you read the Indian Contract Act. Court will not uphold anything where no consideration (payment) has passed. * you have not paid for the license, you have no remedy in court. I suggest you read the relevant sections of The Transfer of Property Act

Re: [ILUG-BOM] 10 common misunderstandings about the GPL

2006-09-06 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On 05-Sep-06, at 7:13 PM, പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen wrote: quoteIn the end, Turner concedes, some degree of confusion is probably inescapable. There's always going to be people who misunderstand, he says, no matter how you write the license, even in words of one syllable.

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Linux Tshirts

2006-08-28 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray wrote: Another option is to print it using a good inkjet printer. You need to use what is called a T-Shirt Transfer Paper. Once the print is done, you need to put it below the T-Shirt and Iron it from the other side, the print moves from the paper to the t-shirt. This is

Re: [ILUG-BOM] migrating thunderbird settings and mails to Linux

2006-08-27 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Abhishek Daga wrote: Has anyone successfully migrated thunderbird settings and mails from Windows to Linux? I need to switch a machine from windows to linux without losing the settings and emails. Any ideas and tricks n tips? I have done it both ways. All you need to do is copy the mail

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Linux Tshirts

2006-08-27 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
gautam borad wrote: On 8/28/06, Abhishek Daga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Choose your own witty slogan and get it printed. It doesnt cost a whole lot. -abhi But they print them only if its in bulk,AFAIK. If you know of any place where i can get it printed(not in bulk) plz inform me. There is

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Cannot start X anymore...

2006-08-24 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Rony Bill wrote: --- Navin Daund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am using IBM NetVista PIV with 128MB/Intel 845 Mbd/8 MB Shared Video Memory and Redhat Linux 9. I always start in CUI and X was working good untill yesterday when I pressed Ctrl+Alt+F1 and invoked prompt. After that my X is

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Diverted Topic - RMS in Mumbai

2006-08-18 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
I guess, Anurang will be able to answer this about registration fees. The program is expected to be at 5 pm. I am quiet sure anyone can attend. Regards Saswata Nadeem M. Khan wrote: On 8/17/06, Saswata Banerjee Associates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those who want to know, the last

[ILUG-BOM] Diverted Topic - RMS in Mumbai

2006-08-16 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Isnt it amazing how this groups takes all things off on a tangent and makes the thread loose its original purpose ? If anyone were to use the search engine to find out when RMS will be here and where he will meet, he will be totally lost. I have been ignoring the thread completely (just

Re: [ILUG-BOM] misleading advertisement

2006-08-01 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am very much interested in knowing what response you get. Regards Saswata Dear Ms Fletcher I am in possession of your mailed offer advertising PC guides entitled At Home With Your PC. On reading this, together with the sample guides deleted *** --

[ILUG-BOM] Linux not allowed in DCA

2006-07-18 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Hi guys, They are back at it again. The Department of Company Affair (DCA) is a part of the ministry of finance. They have converted all their offline sysetems, forms, etc to online where you can make applications, file documents, etc connected with private and public limited companies. To

Re: [ILUG-BOM] MTNL ADSL router

2006-07-12 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
? wrote: Hi I think the white box u r mentioning is UTstar. Now when I took my MTNL triband connection exactly 1 month back the person who came to my house a local contractor for installation said that MTNL now gives only UTstar modem and no Dlink modem. I did not know that there were

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Airtel Broadband In Mumbai

2006-07-11 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Devdas Bhagat wrote: False. I still can't VoIP to my parents. Where are your parents ? I already talk to US clients from VOIP phones in India. I can call them on their land lines and mobiles They can only call me to the voip phone ofcourse. VOIP is open, except you are not allowed to

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Airtel Broadband In Mumbai

2006-07-09 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
jtd wrote: On Sunday 09 July 2006 02:12 am, Dinesh Joshi wrote: On Sunday 09 July 2006 01:37, Harsh Busa wrote: I still donot see monopoloy anywhere . i donot understand this . they donot have a billing system in place ... they donot have field staff trained and etc etc hen why would

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [ot] bandwidth patterns

2006-07-09 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Harsh Busa wrote: Hi This is a snip off from a thread abt how sad some isps are monopolistic coz others bill you more etc ... I m just curious how much bandwidth does an average linuxer need each month ? I know it varies from person to person and all sorts of things but just curious. i

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Airtel Broadband In Mumbai

2006-07-09 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
jtd wrote: On Sunday 09 July 2006 12:36 pm, Saswata Banerjee Associates wrote: jtd wrote: *** deleted to keep size down That is a virtual monopoly. There is no restriction on anybody setting up an Internet service. It is not commercially viable outside limited pockets to provide

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Airtel Broadband In Mumbai

2006-07-09 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Dinesh Joshi wrote: ** deleted Read my post carefully. Airtel is the only operator with certain plans which none of the other operators are offering. Hence a monopoly. Dinesh, you read carefully first. Making a commercial offer at a lower in price than competitors or different term is

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Airtel Broadband In Mumbai

2006-07-09 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Dinesh Joshi wrote: ** deleted Read my post carefully. Airtel is the only operator with certain plans which none of the other operators are offering. Hence a monopoly. Dinesh, you read carefully first. Making a commercial offer at a lower in price than competitors or different term is

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linuxformat in India

2006-06-16 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Dinesh Joshi wrote: On Tuesday 13 June 2006 18:07, Saswata Banerjee Associates wrote: Speaking as an accountant and a costing / pricing advisor, I agree with what was said earlier. You need to cut down the price. Even though I can afford it, I think twice before buying a magazine at Rs

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linuxformat in India

2006-06-13 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Devdas Bhagat wrote: On 12/06/06 11:17 +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: On 6/12/06, Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And why do the buses and trains require you to buy the tickets? Only to pay the drivers? I thought they ran on some fuel too. My point was simply

[ILUG-BOM] Moderation ?

2006-06-12 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Hi guys, I posted a job offer from one of my clients, I put the [commercial] tag. But I got a message from the list saying : Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval.The reason it is being held: Message has implicit destination Can someone tell me what this means

[ILUG-BOM] [Commercial] SysAdmin Job

2006-06-12 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
FOUB interactive, the company that developed and operates the portal http://www.bombayharbour.com is looking for a system administrator. The company operates fully on Linux Platform and uses primarily open source tools for its work. Any interested candidate my contact Mr. Harjit Singh Ubhi

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Moderation ?

2006-06-12 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Philip Tellis wrote: Sometime on Jun 12, SBA cobbled together some glyphs to say: Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval.The reason it is being held: Message has implicit destination Can someone tell me what this means ? I couldnt figure it out. Did you Bcc

Re: [ILUG-BOM] ET:Microsoft and Open Source

2006-05-17 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Nikhil Marathe wrote: Today's economic times(pg 13) has an interbiew with some microsoft guy about the companies outlook to open source. It seems he didn't know what he was talking about. There are a few things which stand out. 1. We see open source as a software development method He

Re: [Bulk] Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Digital Certificates

2006-04-28 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
I have been able to locate the persons who are nominally in charge of the MCA-21 project from the invitation to the seminar. Person responsible for MCA-21 in Maharashtra : Mr. V S Rao, Regional Director - Western Region Ministry of Company Affaires Mr. Vijayan Menon Registrar of Companies

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Lenovo laptops

2006-04-19 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Dinesh Joshi wrote: Hi guys, I just came across a slashdot article ( http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/17/124244 ) which said that the user base of IBM Lenovo laptops is falling just because they are now being manufactured/owned by the Chinese. I just want to get your opinions.

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Lenovo laptops

2006-04-19 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Ananth A wrote: so, what laptap would you recommend ?? how would you rate the current indian market scenario with the local brands like wipro etc ? Ananth This is a highly disputed topic. If you are a budget buyer, Acer gives the best value for money. At entry level, most of the vendors are

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Snobs: Real Barriers to Entry

2006-04-19 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: Interesting article. This reminds me of 1995 when the Internet opened up in India. One of my friends, a nuclear scientist at TIFR (remember that the atom kickers were the pioneers of the net) sniffed his nose at the great onrush of people into this exclusive

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Web hosting in India

2006-03-21 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Krushna Dagli wrote: In case you are looking for getting a server with full root access and decent data limits (~100GB) then i'd suggest UnixShell's [1] XEN based hosting. Though the servers arent based in india but the technology utting edge. [1] http://unixshell.com/plans.html Indian

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Webhosting in India

2006-03-20 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Dinesh Joshi wrote: On Monday 20 March 2006 06:48, Krushna Dagli wrote: Can anyone please suggest what options do I have for hosting in India. I have checked Indiatimes and Znetindia with their Linux offerings. Am looking for around 30+GB of data and 20+GB of monthly transfer. I also tried

Re: [ILUG-BOM] networking help: Allowing inbound ssh requests. (MTNL router): An Update

2006-02-08 Thread Saswata Banerjee Associates
Abhishek Daga wrote: --- Manish Kathuria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Abhishek Daga wrote: Hello folks, wondering if anyone has tried this and has worked for them? Need someone from the outside (remote location) to access a *nix machine here. Setup is: MTNL