On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 21:59 +0530, Rony wrote: > KM wrote: > > Hindustan Times had been covering the FYJC site and had > > run some articles a couple of days from its trial launch, so > > I did write to the editor regarding this issue and urged them to > > help bring this out in the open. > > > > No response yet. I believe someone influential, or with journalist > > friends, or if some journos are on this list, might want to take up > > this matter, so that people do get the real picture. > > > > > Journalists jump at the slightest hint of corruption, misuse of power, > abuse of power. They have this tendency to dig deep into matters and > expose bad products or policies of powerful brands and companies. They > have a nose that can sniff out something foul from far away. However > what surprises me is their lack of interest in software freedom and > software technologies for this freedom. Are we just looked upon as some > crazy PETA type minority that is normally ignored and gets publicity > only when they show some skin?
Probably proper orientation is the need. I don't think that there are a reporters for any news channel or paper who really understands that not having freedom in technology is not having freedom *at all *. We need to write may be an article ourselves and try publishing it. I used to write in my earlier days as a free lance journalist. happy hacking. Krishnakant. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
