On Friday 07 October 2005 11:14, Manas Laha wrote: <snip> > In it, Microsoft Corporation's Chief Technical Officer Craig Mundie > observes, among other things, that "There are so few Indian software > companies developing local software. That is a negative reinforcement, > because there is no local software and no new applications". Hit the > nail on the head there, Mundie did, IMO!
Out of the the limited number of sufficiently literate persons, the actual number of people involved with or positively inclined to PCs is very small. That is the one reason for the situation. The other thing is course that those who know the windows API prefer to do outsourced things... there is nothing in their philosophy to do anything apart from the host of negative things. The OSS situation is certainly not that bad. It is a M$ problem. A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc -- 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
