> > I will reply to the other points in your mail when I cool down a bit,
Please dont be angry. Sorry to have offended you. > but have > you realised how much of FOSS is developed in the west? And that can change if we get a non-west-looking proprietary-hating government. Somewhat like what happens in Russia and China? > Do you not realise > that if the govt adopts foss, they are dependant on westerners who have > developed it? I dont understand. If government uses MySql are they dependent on that specific company to maintain and develop bits? The point is any home-grown startup can help the govt out then. Right? And the bigger cause is that MySql is developed on open standards etc so a company like ORACLE does not push their own special formats through our arteries. The issue is that the govt should encourage FOSS usage at all levels so that there is no vendor lock and they are not dependant on a single huge organisation for maintenance etc. This huge organisation may then spread their proprietary formats through govt policy etc. > > -- > regards > Kenneth Gonsalves > Associate > NRC-FOSS > http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- Be Intelligent, Use GNU/Linux http://debayanin.googlepages.com/ http://debayan.wordpress.com http://lug.nitdgp.ac.in -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
