On Saturday 21 March 2009 17:26:57 Debayan Banerjee wrote: > > please give the url of *one* kerala government site where I can download > > all > > the wonderful 'foss' software they claim to have developed? Just using > > linux > > and php to develop proprietary software doesnt cut it. > > One thing we gotta realise is that we should only expect as much concern > for FOSS philosophy from their side as much concern FOSS guys have for > communist (or any political) ideology.
I do not give a rf for foss philosophy. State A uses public money and spends 5 crores developing an application to computerise land records. It runs on linux and uses free software tools. State A keeps the software proprietary. State B, instead of downloading state A's stuff and spending 50 lakh to customise it, spends another 5 crores. Given that there are around 30 states, calculate. I dont give another rf about the tools. If a State developed an application in .net running on doze and released the code, I would be happy. > A governemt has so many things to take care of and if a minister takes time > to understand in detail the merits of FOSS philosophy (not technology) hats > off to him for it is something that even FOSS developers/users dont often > appreciate. I have interacted with the said minister - he hasn't understood a thing about foss. > Also, there are similarities between FOSS ideeology and communist ideology > and thank god for that. what similarities are there? I cannot see a single one -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
