On Thursday, January 01, 2004 1:25 PM [GMT+0800=SGT],
Raghavendra Bhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Raju Mathur posts:
>
>>> has suspended purchases of Microsoft productivity software
>>> and is encouraging the development of an open source
>>> alternative
>
> A ban would have been better instead of a (revocable)
> suspension. Encouragement is not just enough, states should
> fund the writing of Free software and employ Free software
> hackers.
Ummm, why? I mean both
why is encouragement not just enough
and
why should the State fund a particular method (rather than a goal)
--
Sanjeev
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