Sorry, I missed the fsf-friends address.
2008/12/16 Manilal K M <[email protected]>: > 2008/12/15 A Kannan. (CUSAT) <[email protected]>: > >> >> If the government had entrusted localization to a commercial software >> company , after inviting tenders and with a condition that the code >> developed is GPL , the task might have been over in a very short time. > > Government has done this many times before. > Some examples: > FRIENDS Computerisation(C-DIT) > KSEB Computerisation (M$ allies) > and fortunately all ended in courts wasting public money. > >> The localisation will go on for ever and malayalam will eventually die. > Yes, the localisation will go for ever, as long as we have new > programs and applications . But I don't think that language will die > due to the localisation process. May be you have misunderstood the > what localisation means. > > -- > Manilal K M : മണിലാല് കെ എം. > http://libregeek.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list [email protected] http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends
