> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Tarun Dua > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 12:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ilugd] RE: Re: Re: Revolution OS: Movie about open > source movement > > > D. Venkatasubramanian wrote: > <HEAVY_SNIP> > Nothing wrong with all that. > > ILUG-D is not a political organisation, our aims should be > to promote > > Linux, not to be blindly slamming Windows, its not our job, > read "How > > to Win ..." by Carnegie, and maybe you will understand that, if you > > want a user to embrace Linux, you have to make him want to > do it. The > > more you slam Windows, the more he buys into it. Long mail, I guess > > its time for me to shut up for some time. :-) > Having observed the precedents on the list > 1. It is not ok to discuss Non-Free Software as in 'I have a > problem with Non-Free Software X can you help me'. 2. It is > ok to discuss Non-Free Software as in 'What registry keys do > I need to tweak in Windows to make it work with Samba' > 3. It is not advisable to ask what is similar to 'NON-FREE Y' > on Linux which is Free Software. Better is to ask 'NON-FREE > Y' does this and that is there a Free Software which does > something similar(after having searched Google that is)
ILUG-D should stand for Linux, where did the Free Software come into? Its not the "India Linux and Free Softwares Users Group Delhi". The problem is, there is this perception that Linux means free, including every damn software on it. That is a rigid stand which is not good, per se. I don't see a problem discussing a Non-Free software if that software runs on Linux. Well, if there is a better free alternative, suggest it, but only if the user desires it. And tomorrow, if a user asks me how to install Oracle on Linux, I would help him through this list, if it was in my expertise to help him, notwithstanding the fact that Oracle is not free, nor open source. You don't have to help him if you do not want, but don't stop people who can and would want to do so. Stop him if he asks you for a copy of Oracle CD, if it involves piracy, though. >-Tarun > > Venky _____________________________________________________ I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ~Voltaire _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
