>> > The tender issued by NIC (NIC/TPS/2009/18) for the purchase of laptops >> > with preloaded software for the Supreme Court is unfair. It relates to >> > purchase of proprietary brands of laptops (Apple) and the software >> > installed (Windows XP) in it. >> > >> > Links: >> > http://tenders.gov.in/details.asp?tempid=1&tid=del242328&work=1&cno=0 >> > http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/faq.htm >> > http://www.swecha.org/content/petition-cancel-proprietary-tender-nic >> > >> Nice catch! I wonder which weirdo decided they need Macs running Windows >> XP. >> >> Roshan Mathews
This is really funny. First buy hardware which is overpriced and which always comes with the OS preloaded (and therefore paid for) and then replace this good OS with a crappy one - that is quite a plan! Someone in the government is on dangerous mind-altering drugs. About the petition - the point about XP doesn't make any sense. I quote here "This and other similar products from proprietary suppliers provide vendor lock-in as their data and files can read by only their software." I could have understood this statement if this was about using MS Office and therefore the Office proprietary formats - but how does this apply to using just an OS ? If I was using Linux and a proprietary office product on top of Linux, this assertion of possible vendor-lockin would still be true. The petition should have stressed on the usage of open office formats rather than talking about XP. Regards, Prem _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
