I believe in 100 mile convert. Who are they and how we can convert them? I believe there are many people who wants to give a try and many must have tried and got stuck and went back to Windows. I think they are the easy ones by giving them a hand.
mathew On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Jos Collin <[email protected]> wrote: > >contact M$ to do anti piracy raid, among desktop >/ pc vendors ,which > will force them either to stop > shipping M$ windows along with purchase > and use >free software or to get a proper license for M$ >product. > > The idea is good. Some M$ users may switch also. But not everyone. > Most of the users and most of the companies are happy to pay M$ for > their guranteed product (they say). > > I think from Windows XP onwards M$ is recognizing the unauthorised > copies when the machine goes on the net. I don't know why they are not > doing anything legally. I don't know what was the conspiracy. :-) > > - Jos Collin > > On 17/05/2009, Althaf k Backer <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is an old Malayalam proverb "Kadicha pambinae kodu thannae > visham > > ekdukuka" > > Non mallus it mean to extract the venom from from the victim by the > > snake which bit him, > > > > Most users,especially in India don't have authentic MS products and > > very few % due to > > lac of awareness,unknowingly buy them along with laps,so my point is > we > > have to > > contact M$ to do anti piracy raid, among desktop / pc vendors , > which > > will force them > > either to stop shipping M$ windows along with purchase and use > free > > software or to get a > > proper license for M$ product. > > > > Only reason why M$ windows is used by users is bcus > > they are born to windows world by purchase,even me 4years ago when i > > brought my > > pc i were a newbie i got used to M$ windows (btw not now,windows is > > alean for me). > > > > kerala to be a FOSS state then > > > > [1] Schools but take away MS DOS,MS windows syllabus > > from academics,14yrs ago when i were a kid,its made > > sense because GNU/Linux or other kernels where not > > mature enough,but now its not the case. > > > > [2] People must be made aware what thier freedom > > are wrt software > > > > [3] Students must implicitly speak ls/man than > > dir/help by the way they are taught.( i mean this should be the > > impact) > > > > [5] There should be attractive,high profile games/ > > students tools on Free platform. > > > > [6] Focus must be on young people than grown up. > > > > > > Summery is we must focus on students than grown up people,main > reason > > is they are > > the nxgen they will continue our legacy as it were done on M$ > > windows.They > > will implicitly demand free software,while use,and purchase. > > > > - > > > > > -- > Collecting Data is the first step towards wisdom. But Sharing Data is > the first step towards community. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > -- m a t h e w c h a c k o Holistic IT is not Windows 64bit Ubuntu OS Rocks on Macbook Rediscover the web - http://getfirefox.com/
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