On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. > Your opinion is very correct and I respect. Ya ipaper have many issue , and that is why I am not going on that idea for my project. But was a idea and I wanted to free my mind from such ideas. > 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]/
