On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Adhin D <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Narendra Sisodiya < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> We invest a huge amount of public money in Army and many areas like >> research and development. Govt already waste huge money in purchasing >> licence to use the proprietary software. Same money can be invested in >> development of software. >> > > I think you are forgetting the fact that Free softwares doesn't always mean > free of cost. > well, I can well versed into FOSS and its philosophy. I cannot state or write all issues and all my knowledge in one mail. > Most of the popular free software developers demands money for the tech > support. I think you may have noticed there are Free alternatives (open > source) for CAD softwares which comes at a price (comparatively low). > > The pricing of CAD softwares as I understand, is slightly different from > that of other softwares. They charge (in huge volumes of course) for the > support and the software is a part (major part) of the support, not the > other way around. Most of the CAD softwares I know were used to be > specifically made (customized) for production industries according to their > demand. So they are commonly known by the name CAD/CAM solutions. Now a days > these softwares are used by individuals also and hence it seems to be > becoming almost like any other software. > > I know this is not a solution for our issue. Lets not divert from the topic > "whether we should submit a protest to the Corporation and to the State > government or not". > Submit a protest and add that you want Support from Govt > I believe as Free Software Activists we should suggest a better solution > (if we have one) without compromising the output, and it must be quickly > applicable. We should tell the Govt. "how" to do it, not "why" they should > do it. > > Let's stop this unnecessary debate and come back to the topic... > > -- > Sure -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘ -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
