On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Tanay <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of the major factors which help proprietary software vendors keep > a grip on the market is ignorance on the part of the consumers. > Newspapers, one of the key sources of information to the common man, > to aren't playing their part and in their state of ignorance, helping > such organizations. > Recently, on twitter, i pointed out the proprietary bias shown by > Times of India vs Open Mindedness shown by The Hindu "#timesofindia vs > #thehindu Clear proprietary bias shown by #timesofindia http://3.ly/bvh > and http://3.ly/MQk #opensource #linux". > I also came across many internet related news articles in the local > paper Amar Ujala which used the logo of Internet Explorer. It gives a > wrong notion to the ignorant masses that the Internet and Internet > Explorer are synonymous. So i pointed out this to the Editor, Amar > Ujala through a letter, a copy of which I am pasting below. > My motive is to inspire every reader to fight FOSS ignorance in > whatever best way s/he can and spread the spirit of Open Source. > All the best to all. > > The Letter > ---------------- > Hello sir, > > I am a regular reader of your newspaper an am highly appreciative of > the content matter and the quality of unbiased journalism of the > daily. > I would like to point your kind attention to a regular feature of the > web related articles published in Amar Ujala. Most of such articles > contain the logo > > of Microsoft's proprietary web browser - Internet Explorer. > > Apart from being a free publicity for the browser and the company, it > gives a wrong notion to the lakhs of readers of the newspaper that the > Internet and Internet Explorer are synonymous. The role of a newspaper > is to create a better, an aware society. Using Microsoft Internet > Explorer's logo in your articles gives the ignorant readers a notion > that Internet Explorer is what the Internet is all about, which is > totally wrong. A newspaper of your reputation should instead promote > Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) > > which gives the users the freedom to use them, without being under the > restrictions of copyright laws. Mozilla Firefox > > is one of the most popular Open Source > > browsers available. Another Open Source browser, Google Chrome is > doing well in the browser market. Opera > > and Apple's Safari > > , though not Open Source, are still options available to the users. > > My only concern is that the newspaper should not mislead the readers. > > Hence I request you to kindly look into the matter and do something in > this regard as early as possible. I would like to get an > acknowledgment of this letter to you. > > I would be highly obliged. > > Thanking you > > Yours sincerely, > > -- > Tanay Mathpal > Final Yr, Computer Engineering > College of Technology > Pantnagar > [email protected] > [email protected] > http://tanamania.wordpress.com/ > http://twitter.com/tanamania/ > > > > nice writeup,.,,.,., do blog ,,,,
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