You are right-on-the-target. Hence, IMHO Lugs have a great
responsibility on them to promote their cause and surely they can do it
honestly and properly, while they build-up their resources
(human-resources being the best ones) and abilities and reach.
We all need to put-in our best possible without worrying about
'hoe-little' or 'how-gib' is one's contribution of any kind.
Soumyanath Chaterjee wrote:
> Food for thought:
> If these guys promote Linux, who will sponser the dinner and the drinks ?
> I don't want to be any more candid, but that is what our professional
> societies are today.
> - Soumya
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sudhir Gandotra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [LIH] nasscom hosted in RH Linux
>
> > The trouble is the mentality. All these guys look where the money is;
> > secondly where prestige is. Linux demands down-to-earth honest and
> > hardworking if they want to promote it. Do you think these guys are
> > better than the 'present-day-politicians'. Not in my opinion.
> > So, don't espect anything positive from them. They would have gone for a
> > linux based server for their site-hosting just looking at the price
> > only. I am almost sure they are not even aware of the advantages of
> > using linux, or worst, not even about its existence as on OS being used
> > by millions around the world.
> >
> > Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > Rather making promo of linux, he can push open source solution as answer
> to
> > > piracy. IMHO piracy in India is largely due to price tags in dollars and
> > > unawareness about alternatives like open source...
> > >
> > > > The server hosting NASSCOM is running on Redhat Linux!!! But
> > > > surprisingly, there is no official promotion of Linux from
> > > > Nasscom....... Will Dewang Mehta make any promo of Linux??
>
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