On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Parin Sharma <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Tanay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> That's absolutely a remarkable idea.. But for this, it is very >> necessary that we have a large crowd of FOSS people.. By large crowd, >> i mean the number to be in excess of 3-4K. such a large crowd has to >> be channelised so that we are able to send our message to the entire >> country. >> > Hm well not 3-4K but we can easily have around 1K people and then we can > call schools/colleges students who are easy to handle and can come in great > number then our FOSS enthusiasts > I think that inviting someone just coz s/he is easy to handle won't solve the purpose. In my opinion, everyone participating in the march should be himself/herself a dedicated FOSS enthusiast, then only the purpose would be solved. A large mass of school students march for Pulse Polio campaigns also but none of them is actually serious about the mission, hence the problem is never solved. > they will be there I hope so we can just start planning about 3-4 before > the event then we can gather people in large number I think. Rest we can > call students from our colleges and schools........... > >> There has to be extensive media coverage which can only be assured if >> we have a large crowd. We would need a larger forum to address these >> whole lot of people. Any suggestions for all this? >> >> Hm media should cover these kind of events and they have to when as we > will have mass gathered......... > Media coverage would depend on the mass being gathered and also how much we publicize the event. http://freedomwalk.in is an excellent medium. Apart from this, there has to be a dedicated website/blog which reports about the walk and updates the media people. FOSS enthusiasts with contacts in media, either print or electronic, would be a great help in this campaign. A huge number of posters/banners are an absolute must. Funding/sponsorship for these is another issue to be catered. > > Well we can have posters banners and many other things to call people for > such kind of events and there is http://freedomwalk.in which already is > working with this project we can work with them..........but all in all one > thing as you said which matters the most are the mass the people who are to > be made aware of freedom............................. > > On Nov 8, 5:34 pm, Parin Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Tanay Mathpal <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Parin Sharma <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> > >> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:51 PM, 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 #timesofindiahttp:// >> 3.ly/bvh >> > >>> andhttp://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. >> > >> > >> Hm I too read this and my thoughts were the same so I commented on >> that >> > >> article but they didn't reply with an email. >> > >> > > I too commented on that article on the TOI site but they didn't >> approve it >> > > neither did they reply.. We all need to do a lot more now for ending >> this >> > > ignorance.. >> > >> > Hm Well this for all of us Can't we organise a Freedom Walk or March >> > sometime in Delhi or some other place to tell people about these great >> > things because everyone deserves freedom and I think this can really >> help as >> > many media people will report about such a rally so awareness can be >> spread >> > + the ignorance level too can be minimized by telling people about >> Studies >> > like the one Done by IIM - Banglore which says FOSS can save 10, 000 >> Crores >> > of our country by only replacing 50% of Proprietary Software with FOSS >> more >> > onhttp://bit.ly/OooR >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> 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 you wrote this letter to them hope they do reply and don't >> repeat >> > >> this by writing such Bias and misleading articles their >> > >> newspaper............... >> > >> > >> -- >> > >> Parin Sharma >> > >> Another FOSS Lover, >> > >> New Delhi >> > >> > > -- >> > > Tanay Mathpal >> > > Final Yr, Computer Engineering >> > > College of Technology >> > > Pantnagar >> > > [email protected] >> > > [email protected] >> > >http://tanamania.wordpress.com/ >> > >http://twitter.com/tanamania/ >> > >> > -- >> > Parin Sharma >> > Another FOSS Lover, >> > New Delhi >> >> > > > -- > Parin Sharma > Another FOSS Lover, > New Delhi > > > > > -- Tanay Mathpal Final Yr, Computer Engineering College of Technology Pantnagar [email protected] [email protected] http://tanamania.wordpress.com/ http://twitter.com/tanamania/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Do you have another question? 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