**************************************** * LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI **************************************** IMO sharing source with one or two government agencies is a clever marketing plan. It remains to be seen what kind of agreement MS reaches with GOI becoz AFAIK MS's Shared Source vision is that company whome they share their source with, would not be able to change the source code even if one wants to. So if some vulnerability/customization is to be taken care of, GOI may still have to first approach MS.
--- Bhargav Bhatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **************************************** > * LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI > **************************************** > Wow fellows! > It seems that Microsoft really wants India. As the > Economic Times > article, > http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/comp/default? > > (linked from Slashdot) points out, they are going to > disclose code of > Windows to a certain goverment body. According to > some, this could be > fatal to the rise of Linux. However, I dont think > so. The secret of > the astronomic rise of Linux, IMO, lies in the free > spirit it fosters > among developers which enables each and everyone of > them to make > meaningul contributions to the code (surely M$ wont > allow that). This > helps retain the zeal among the developers which > also explains why the > relatively fewer bugs OSS get patched relatively > quickly. > Anyways, I am rambling OT. > I am anxious to hear what you guys think about it. > Will the FSF-India > write another letter to the govt? > > -- > Bhargav Bhatt, > Department of Applied Physics and Applied > Mathematics, > Columbia University. > -- > "If English was commutative, we could all talk like > Yoda." - Anonymous. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > ===== rgds, Aditya N. ======= Graduate Student, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Auburn University, Auburn AL, USA. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
