On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:37:47 +0530 "narendra sisodiya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 ?** Vehement words from someone who was recently publicly promoting ipaper (hint, that is not free, and they give you no guarantee on how they use your content). This makes it worse than PowerPoint, in my opinion. 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]/
