On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Navin Dhanuka < [email protected]> wrote:
> M$ has 95% of the desktop markets. > An OS is a platform. In this age we have platform independent technologies. > > FOSS = Free & Open Software > M$ = Intellectual Property > > I believe what we are here is to study Open Engineering with the free > source which we can download and share. > > Please don't rant against M$ Platform and users. > And if you really want, please tell me your FOSS contributions. > Let assume Zero contribution. But How does this comes into the topic? also whom are you referring to ? > Are they substantial of a press release. > > India does cheap labor, software services. > Finland has kid writing kernel and calling it Linux. > Danes always had a culture of harmony and prosperity. A mgt. college dude > writes Ruby On Rails in 5 hrs a week. Now he is a partner of the biggest > small company on the Internet. > > Totally irrelevant talk !! > Would love to know more about you. > > My name is Navin Dhanuka. I am CXO of Creanology. > > Very Great ! :) > Regards, > > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:11 PM, satyaakam goswami <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 11:34 +0530, satyaakam goswami wrote: >>> > > it is a foss event? >>> > > >>> > >>> > this is my take on http://satyaakam.net/?p=338 comments welcome... >>> >>> python is a programming language. It is opensource and most definitely >>> foss. But. It is platform neutral and also neutral with respect to open >>> source vs closed source. Hence a python users group will have people >>> from all over - linux guys, windows guys, mac guys >> >> >> IMHO - we must concentrate over FOSS platform only. Writing software for >> Windows is an indirect support to Windows. >> >> >> i do not agree with this approach , we need to write for all platforms. >> How does writing FOSS software for windows will support windows or M$ , what >> about the person who is writing the software who gets paid in the process >> and he is a legit FOSS person. So we cannot have a fatwa just like that in >> my IMHO :-) >> >> Supporting GNU/Linux and unSupporting M$ platform are two different task >> and one should follow both. >> >> correct i agree with this approach, what do you mean by UnSupporting ? >> >> At the same time even If Software is FOSS, one must boycott it it work on >> non-standards OR close standards because importance of open standards is >> more then open source. >> >> this is a all together a different topic , this thread lets keep for >> understanding what it means and how one is going to support the Ecosystem or >> talk about how you think it works. >> >> -Satya >> >> -- >> LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> > > -- > LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘ -- LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
