hi,
sorry for sounding as an american spokesperson..i am not..
Why would those companies violate US laws in the first place to do
business with an out of control country like Iran and get blacklisted
by US Govt. Its like shooting themselves in the feet. Again,I don't
know or think anybody is totally barred from doing business with Iran
as long as they don't violate the UN sanctions or US Laws when it
comes to American companies(though US Govt cautions its allies like
India not to engage with Iran). Politics aside, i don't think majority
of GNU/Linux users use free software because they hate America, they
do because they care about their freedom and as a way to ethical
living(free beer,security and fun part are as important in varying
degrees to "free" people). Its very unfair to dynamic and loving
people like Americans that they are equated with deeds of American
Govt. American Govt is a lot better than inert,knee-jerk and myopic
Indian political class which didn't had an iota of moral fibre to
give APJ Abdul Kalam a second term and which cares more about
strategic sentiments of Chinese regime than Indian interests.
Strangely enough i am still a patriotic Indian. I dont find any good
reason for it..guess I am very shameless person. :-(
-vikhr
Quoting justin joseph <justin_joseph007 at yahoo.com>:
>
> --- vikhrakula at asianetindia.com wrote:
>
>> Hi rm,
>> Please don't get carried away..
>> There is lot of mention of "American
>> Companies"..it sounds like
>> American Military or something..
>> Redhat,IBM,HP,Dell,Sun,Google are American Companies
>> tooo..
>> FSF is American too :-) though a 501(c)(3)
>> organisation.
>
> I would not blame Madhyamam for explaining to its
> viewers from that perspective, the American military
> is a front end for American companies. People in
> developing countries have all the reason for fearing
> America and its companies in general. None of the
> companies you mentioned would do business with say for
> example Iran, that is banned banned by U.S law. Would
> you care to explain why?
>
>
>> Don't think for a moment that Indian Companies are
>> any
>> better..InfoSyS, Wipro and all
>> are at forefronts denigrating free software(remember
>> their opinions in
>> meetings about OOXML)..Dont know why Narayan Murthy
>> and all are given
>> all sort of awards..becoz they made money??? for
>> themselves..!! (ok
>> ok..they do charity too.big deal...poor us..great
>> them.)
>> I don't know whether Kerala LDF Govt implements free
>> software out of
>> understanding of the concept or just plain
>> anti-Americanism..(thankfully RMS frequently
>> checks-up on them..so
>> there is hope..)
>
> R.M.S is always welcome in Kerala(fact). But your
> painting him as a doctor(the hope) who checks up on
> the kerala government is in bad light.
>
> Why is it that time and again when one questions the
> greed and the misery caused by the political decisions
> of the U.S(like invading Iraq) and some of its
> Business corporations(Monsanto??), the concerned
> person/communities are branded as Anti
> American/Communist/Socialist?
>
>>
>> "Socialism(Communism) is a philosophy of failure,
>> the creed of
>> ignorance, and the gospel or envy, its inherent
>> virtue is the equal
>> sharing of misery" - Winston Churchill
>
> For exactly this, Churchill was voted out of office
> immediately after war and ideas like national health
> service were implemented in England.
>
> "The idea was that if Britain could work towards full
> employment and spend huge sums of money during the
> wartime effort, then in a time of peace equitable
> measures of social solidarity and financial resources
> could be redirected towards fostering public goods.
> This sentiment was widely shared, as the wartime hero
> Winston Churchill was decisively voted out in a
> landslide defeat in the 1945 elections. Although most
> of the British felt that Churchill's leadership during
> the war was commendable, there were a number of
> reasons which led to the Conservative defeat in the
> 1945 general election. One reason was that the public
> favoured a push for sweeping social changes that
> Churchill's Conservative Party vehemently opposed. The
> driving force behind this reformist agenda was popular
> enough, that eventually it constituted a 'Post-war
> Consensus' which continued virtually unchallenged
> until the 1980s, no matter which party controlled the
> government."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service_%28England%29
>
>
>>
>> just my thoughts..
>>
>> -Vikhr Akula
>> Quoting raneez mohamed <raneez at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > Hi Everbody,
>> >
>> > This are the Excerpts from Madhyamam daily dated
>> 29th april 2008,reported by
>> > E.Basheer about the need for Free Software and
>> > two IT specialists in goverment Authority
>> commenting on Software policy.
>> >
>> > To Avoid Software piracy and license issues from
>> American Companies,The best
>> > Strategy is to switch over to Free Software .
>> > This was the suggestion Forwarded by Joseph C.
>> Mathew who is the IT Advisor
>> > of Kerala to the news report in
>> > Madhyamam Daily about "Indian Software Companies
>> must be Monitered -American
>> > policy".After Allowing Software piracy
>> > and again bargaining for loss on piracy in the
>> name raid and monitering
>> > software companies in india for them there is an
>> hidden Agenda.
>> > Software piracy can be blocked with programs not
>> to copycat it.In kerala
>> > SPACE and IT mission are promoting Free software
>> > in goverment level.He hopes the future is safe in
>> hands of Free Software.
>> >
>> > Anwer Sadath,Executive Director of IT at school
>> commented that in state there
>> > should be long time plan in software policy
>> > which must implemented by Goverment and IT
>> industries in kerala that must be
>> > on the platform of Free Software So that we can
>> avoid
>> > Threats from American Companies.For this we have
>> to develop Software based
>> > on free software and opensource,where it has dual
>> > advantage ,first a software license in our own
>> hands and secondly price is
>> > low compared to american companies.
>> >
>> > At last the report ends by microsofts deminishing
>> sales in OS.which is due
>> > to software piracy.To avoid this the monitering
>> will be
>> > tighten in india and other south asian
>> countries.So its High time for Free
>> > Software which is always an good option to fight
>> this threat.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thank you
>> > raneez
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
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