On 25/03/2008, Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 9:11 PM, krishnakant Mane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > I went through the editorial.
> > one more point which struck me was that it creates an impression that
> > this is a "proxy for product war "
> > which means all those who supported odf also had some selfish marketing
> > gains.
> > here we should note that people like Dr. Nagarjun have helped this
> > cause due to no "marketing of product " aim.
> > secondly the tone of the editorial also talks about the licensing cost
> > issue and has not really emphasised on the "freedom aspect " which
> > implies freedom to encript and decript the data by any one who wishes
> > to do so.
> > it uses words like "negociations for license costs ", correct me if I
> > am remembering wrong but although my quoting might not be word to word
> > correct, the tone of the article is towards saying that odf is for
> > those who care about the cost of licensing and it talks nothing much
> > about freedom.
> >
>
> Yes, I forgot to mention that. One more reason to believe they are reading
> out of Microsoft's PR briefs. Can we work upon drafting a letter to the
> editor as the GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai?
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