On Sunday 31 October 2010 19:59:54 Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > 2010/10/31 jtd <[email protected]>: > > Hmm poor understanding of English semantics (amongst other > > things). The word Windows software with a capital W in the middle > > of a sentence means it is name of a specific thing. There is only > > ONE os product family by that name Microsoft Windows. If he were > > referring to a windowing system, he would state "window" - no "W" > > at the start no "s" in the end. So your excuse - or logic - > > either way fails. > > Are you seriously suggesting that when Dr. Saraswat "told reporters > on the sidelines of a function", he actually said, "Windows > software - that's with a capital W, and an s at the end" - and it > is not the reporter doing the capitalization etc. himself? Really!
ALL organisations that I know of, hand out a printed pr statement. To prevent mis reporting. What actually gets reported is an altogether different matter. > > Personally, I don't believe DRDO will do something as foolhardy as > develop this "OS" based on Microsoft Windows. They have a track > record of using Linux, and most likely that's what they'll do in > this case too. > > >> > That is what the PR is supposed to tell us - what > >> > organisations are thinking and planning to do. Throw crappy PR > >> > up and it all comes raining down. > >> > >> Quite. GoI's multiple PR snafus are all there to be seen. > > > > Not quite in this case. YOUR link seems to have got things > > rubbished. The TOI link is quite ok technically. > > The TOI link was a report from Russia. Doesn't redeem GoI in any > way. There is another TOI link about Dr. Saraswat's statement. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/software-services/Security-threat-DRDO-to-make-own-OS/articleshow/6719375.cms -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
