On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 10:54:50PM +0530, Vinayak Hegde wrote:
> On 7/19/06, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hello All,
> [snipped content irrelevant to the list]
>
> This mail has nothing to do with Linux or FOSS technology in general.
> While some amount of offtopic mail (explicitly marked OT) is ok, most
> people would welcome content which is relevant to FOSS -- which is
> why they subscribed to it in the first place.
[snip]
> To put in a concise manner, this might not be the best forum to air
> ideas related to technology unrelated to FOSS. Sorry if I come across
> as rude but I value relevancy as do majority of people on this list.
> Besides these mails go to 1000+ members. Admin can probably give
> the exact number. You are wasting their time and energy.
There are many mails on this list having topics irrelevant to FOSS, the
most popular ones are Govt. bashing and ISP lashing and now blog. The
purpose of this mail was to have a positive approach towards solving
problems through use of technology, instead of simply criticising as in
the earlier list mails on the blasts. Even if we feel that some type of
technology is not feasable, sooner or later we will have to think about
it and impliment it. We can't have Z+++ security for politicians and
none for the public.
Social and political problems apart, the common man is unnecessarily
suffering the brunt of terrorism. Many of us on this list use the
Western railway, including I and by the grace of God we are all still
here to write about FOSS. This was not a local roadside accident that we
simply ignore. We will be facing more attacks in future. We cannot root
out terrorism through trechnology but we can atlest use it to protect
ourselves to the maximum and reduce the possibility of attacks in our
environments. Thats why the developed nations are better off with
security.
Some of us on this list are using FOSS for security systems and access
control so it is a relevant topic for this list. Before any concrete
idea or suggestion can be given to the Govt., first there should be some
discussion on how it can really work. Everyone is free to put in their
own alternate technical ideas for security.
Regards,
Rony.
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