On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:42:19 +0530 > "Linux Lingam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > though the software being shown may be gpl or equivalent, and sarai's > > contributions to the foss community commendable, > > i think we must take a call in principle, on the use of proprietary > > software at any foss event in which ILUG-D participates. > > whaddya say? > [...] > > Hi, > There are two issues here: > (a) Should ILUG-Delhi allow the use of proprietary software > used for demos/presentations at an event in which it > participates? My opinion is that, unless the presentation > actively promotes proprietary software, we should stay > out of it. Thus, doing a presentation on MS.NET is not > acceptable, but a Powerpoint presentation on Microsoft > Windows is; in my personal opinion, of course. IMHO, When we have hundred of tool to make to make presentations, why one should use ppt by MS. whether a person is from FOSS or Linux or GNU/Linux, he always has choice of using free or open source software. Why the hell one should use proprietary software for public demo ?** > > (b) Should Sarai, as an avowedly FOSS organisation, use > proprietary software in a public demo? My opinion is no, > but again I believe that this should be done through peer > pressure, rather than outright banning. The person in > question uses Linux/KDE on his desktop, which is a large > part of his computing, and dual-boots at home due to his > daughter's addiction to KDE games. He has been considering > switching his laptop too to Linux, so maybe here is an > opportunity. > > Regards, > Gora > > _______________________________________________ > 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]/ > -- ┌───[ Narendra Sisodiya ]──────────────┐ │ │ │ http://narendra.techfandu.org │ │ http://www.lug-iitd.org │ │ │ └────────────[ +91-93790-75930 ]──────┘ _______________________________________________ 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]/
