On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 16:51 +0530, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > jtd wrote: > > | And the public will be fattening the beast for the next 15 years, like > | they did for the last 15, with their hard earned money. > > if there's a lesson in there somewhere that would be that battles like > OOXML cannot be be fought alone. having seen venky and others scramble > around for that "another influential contact who would listen to reason > and be sane" it is fairly clear that this has to be a much more involved > process. it requires more folks to join in and help in spreading the > message of why no ooxml in simpler terms and in multiple indian languages
I agree. Maybe a special groups needs to be formed to battle this long-term issue. If this is the interest, I will be a volunteer. --- With best wishes for Unity in thinking, feeling and action. Sudhir Gandotra. 98-101-20918 IIPL: B-220/2, 2nd Fl., Savitri Nagar, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi 110017, India Phone : +91-11-26014670, 71, 72. Fax : +91-11-26014672 OpenLX Linux OS, Linux Training, Support, Services, Product Development Affordable Business Desktop @ Just Rs. 500/- : http://kalculate.com/piracy.php http://www.openlx.com/openlx.html - FOSS award 2008 winner Linux from India http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/24867/news.htm http://openlx.com/features.html - OpenLX Linux features You don't need violence to shake the world Treat Others As You Would Have Them Treat You www.humanistmovement.org -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
