On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Tanay Mathpal <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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. > I wanted to say that thing only so to make/get students dedicated to FOSS we are already are working by organizing workshops in various schools and colleges............ > 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. > Hm you are right this would only be a success if we all contribute to it whatever we can + yes for funding we can talk to companies and may be to new engineering colleges or other technical institutes which spend a lot money in advertising on Radio, TV printed media etc. and also Computer Society of India well there a lot a Organisations who can sponsor this provided this is big and we have something solid to show them which we have the "POWER OF FREEDOM" so I think we should start in our own ways to think about such an event soon and decide things so I would request other Members of the mailing list too to give their suggestions because since everyone deserves Freedom everyone need to be part of it................ > >> 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/ > > > > -- Parin Sharma Another FOSS Lover, New Delhi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Do you have another question? 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