an excellent coverage of facts ! i have now placed the ogg files at: http://www.wbpcb.gov.in/~hizibiz
while reading the page pls excuse me for any unforeseen / overlooked errors. regs -hizibiz On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, peekay wrote: > thank you .. once its on a website, all will be able to see, read > and spread his msg far and wide > > for info of all members : > > RMS was extremely friendly > > i've not been able to post earlier a bit of history which was made > > dr. nagarjuna g. was very active during this visit. so were us all. > > after many hours of talking to dr.N the welcoming of RMS at > airport on his landing was set aside. also put off was the idea > of meeting him in the morning of next day by those who wanted to > > dr.N put forward an idea (detailed in earlier email) which led > to a meeting at webel guest house. compass prez authorised > hemant to go for the discussions. result was the inclusion of > compass name as those with whom fsf.org.in is working for > furthering its cause. also decided at that discussion was the > idea of participation in the meeting at IT Dept. saugata was > also informed. he was to bring along ankur bangla cd and > come to IT dept office. > > before leaving, i met RMS. he was happy and friendly. > on learning about T's marriage, he expressed the hope > that marrying would not lessen T's commitment to fsf. > when RMS consented to 'blessing' the newly weds, > i called up T but got mrs.T on the other end. RMS > had virtually little time. yet he showered blessings > and gave advice to mrs.T > > i told him about the zero budget initiative on helping > VT's (victims of tsunami). he had his own comments > on the relief/rehab NOT happening properly and on' > how relief/rehab is implemented poorly. > > i told him about the forthcoming compass2005 event > and requested him to be there thru internet. he agreed. > he will be in south america at that time. i suggested an > interactive q&a participation. he okay'ed that. then > the issue of not good bandwitdth came up. i proposed > using the ancient tech, telephone, and that was easy > to say yes to. he is to be called up. (we now need a > sponsor for the connection of about an hour every > day for 5 days) > > we left for the IT Dept meeting > > on the way down, i was chatting with RMS and > found out that his stickers were were not enough > for his trip. i offered to help. RMS said he will > send the digital image so that printing can be done. > > on the driveway, it was bright sunlight. for the > records and for reporting to compass we requested > and got a snap in the 3D camera which i was > carrying. > > we moved in separate cars. > > we arrived a few minutes late. T called up to > be sure that it was RMS who 'blessed' the mrs. T > i confirmed that it was. on his requst to talk to RMS > i asked to hold on and went about locating. T was > lucky, and i got RMS to congratulate T thru cellphone > > then there were some movements which are off-list > for understandable reasons. at the end of it all, i got > honourable minister to put his autograph on sdg's > FIRST burn of ankur bangla cd pointing out that > it had been authenticated by sdg himself. that done, > i requested RMS to do the same. he did. done ! > > end of history being made. > > in the evening i got a call from dr.N for help. the > laptop of RMS was not co-operating. calling up > a few people, we could organize a spare/new > laptop (courtesy RH) and also for a repairman > from IBM to go to RMS. lots of cross talk btwn > dr.N, RMS, RH, IBM, me, hemant resulted in > a simple solution. sudip (IT promotion cell guy) > would carry the faulty laptop to IBM next day > morning. IBM would repair it on top priority. > backup laptop would be delivered to RMS. > failing repair in time for his departure the next > day, his laptop would be sent to delhi by RH > guys and would be handed over to RMS > before he departs from delhi. the backup laptop > would be taken back and sent to calcutta. > > dr.N was to get back with decision. since there > was no call. we believed that things were sorted out. > > next day i called up dr.N to learn that they left > for kgp pronto and at 2am in the night, the > laptop went live ! so thank you for the help. > > his lecture was over. i put in a request for fans > to see off RMS at dum dum. dr.N was to confirm > from concerned people and call back. there was > very little time btwn 1pm (then) and 5pm (departure > time). yet attempting was in order. this i did. > something prevented this 'happening' and so > i couldn't do anything. sorry. > > end of telling. > > comments : > > other OS'es are unable to > address the needs of so many demands, > from sooo many users and user groups > and gnu-linux and linux do fill in those needs. > > (like desktop localisation in > ALL indian languages, scientific applications, > geographic apps, audio/video editing, mp3 > apps, etc, and all these for free of charge, > copyright, restrictions) > > therefore, we are mere observers of > metamorphosis and evolution of user > habits. things are happening. we see. > we go along. > > there is no competition any more. > there is compLetion of one by > the other > > all have their niches. and followers. > > many have to work as per needs > of employers. which includes working > on unix, oracle, NOS, MacOs, etc > > future is as unpredicatble as ever > > we will be seeing it unfold. > > time has come to accept, tolerate, > co-operate and bring indians in > particular and humans in general > a bit above from where they are now > > end of comments > > > end of msg > > > .. p i I > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "hizibiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 12:09 PM > Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Video of the Speech by RMS, calcutta/kgp feb 2005 > > > > i'm a man with little or no legal background. it would be very unwise to > > comment on this issue. as far as RMS's speech is concerned, he has done > > enough favour by permitting us to record and publish the speech. just wait > > for a couple of days so that i can arrange some web space to host it. > > tks & regs > > -hizibiz > > > > On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, peekay wrote: > > > > > does the 'copyright' vest in the one who speaks and is video'ed ? > > > or is this 'copyleft' .. left to copy ? > > > > > > ..p i I > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "hizibiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:32 AM > > > Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] BF & RMS Update > > > > > > > > > > it will be done with prior permission and advise of the speaker ! > > > > tks > > > <snipped> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > > > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > > > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. 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