On Oct 13, 2011 1:02 AM, "Arun Venkataswamy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Senthil Nathan <[email protected] >wrote: > > > On Oct 12, 2011 5:33 PM, "kenneth gonsalves" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 17:09 +0530, Senthil Nathan wrote: > > > > communist Party of India to lobby the TN government in this > > > > regard. > > > > > > what do they know about this issue? > > > -- > > > > Their policy is to oppose crony capitalism and american capitalism. So they > > may oppose Microsoft since it is allegedly using backdoor means to promote > > their product at the cost of pubic money. > > > > > communist philosophy is not FOSS philosophy. > and I hope FOSS is not the opposite of capitalism. > > Also, every bit of IT technology we enjoy today is mostly the result of > American capitalism. > > Arun > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Unless there is some political backing it is not possible to persuade TN government to install Linux and include Wifi in free laptops. Among the allies of ruling party, CPI is the most likely party to support us in our fight against "windows only" policy. At this moment there is a coincidence of interest in opposing unfair priority given to Microsoft windows. It doesn't mean that we endorse all their political views and philosophies. Yeah, suggesting an opportunistic partnership. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
