"As far as I have seen , bulk of the OSS people are interested only in Stallmanism and most of them are not technical at all."
Excactly!! Dibu John Philip Cell : +91 94 9633 7069 E-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]><http://twitter.com/dibujphilip> WWW: http://djnetworkz.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dibujphilip On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Praseed Pai <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all , > I think it was waste of opportunity. Using FOSS software would have > helped > the domestic software Industry for sure. > > > Here comes the million dollar question. > > Does India have a vibrant OSS community who can support a state like Tamil > Nadu ? > > As far as I have seen , bulk of the OSS people are interested only in > Stallmanism > and most of them are not technical at all. > > > > regards > Praseed Pai > > > *From:* Praveen A <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, October 14, 2011 3:20 PM > *Subject:* [ILUG-Cochin.org] The Deadly Microsoft Embrace > > The Tamil Nadu government is adding costly MS software to laptops > meant for poor students. It could cost Rs 10,200 Crore and hamper > student growth > > Sai Manish > New Delhi > > "Diplomatic observers point out to the stopover of US Secretary of > State Hillary Clinton in Chennai on July 20-21 when she met > Jayalalithaa before flying out to Indonesia on a state visit." > > [...] > > "Two cables, one originating in the embassy at Hanoi and the other at > the embassy in Tunis, throw enough light on the scale and nature of > the government-corporation nexus in the United States and its > influence on world governments. > > According to one of the cables, the US government ‘intervened’ to > force Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung to sign an agreement > with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that would require Hanoi to pay > Microsoft $20 million for 3 lakh licences. This even though the > Vietnamese PM wanted to hold the Microsoft deal as a deliverable till > he met the US president later that year. > > Now put that deal in an Indian context where 68 lakh licences would be > required under Jayalalithaa’s ambitious free laptop scheme and the > business of diplomacy becomes clear. The Microsoft deal of 3 lakh > licences was dubbed in the cable as ‘the most significant agreement > Vietnam has ever signed with a US business’." > > http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws101011MICROSOFT.asp > > -- > പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് > You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your > rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as > they follow the rules: laws and constitution. > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] >
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