On Sunday 26 July 2009, justin joseph wrote: > On 7/26/09, Mohit Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And mind you BG is being very generous with his foundation money. No the > >> two > >> have no link whatsoever. > > > > Dear JTD and others, May I kindly elicit the fact that the Redmond > > Codelifter has a history of approaching IIT for student fellowship > > followed by tenders (and both are implicitly linked). > > > > Our slum dwellers (and even dogs out there) dont need even a single > > dollar of a so called billionaire who shamelessly markets his inferior > > products like inventions. > > > > We are not poor because we dont have money, we are poor due to our > > attitude of being poor and becoming poorer by our mindsets. > > The above may be good rhetoric but will not stand ground. M$ would have > made inventions, the products maybe superior too... but: > > "What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical > system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software > companies, imposes on its customers." > > Some of the points like "Solicit funds" "Gratuitous incompatibilities" > "Unjust system" etc..mentioned here: http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms > makes more sense to me. > > And in any case I don't think the people in the slums are going to > appreciate us if we say that their attitude is keeping them poor and at the > same time deciding for them not the take money even from bill Gates, after > all the president of India just awarded him and standing nearby our prime > minister clapped in encouragement and appreciation. > > > some history: > http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2007-March/004639.html > > As far as I can remember Raju had done his homework and had posted > arguments against bsnl-microsoft tie up. Including one in which microsoft > has told an U.S court judge that no information can be handed over as > matter pertains to national security(Microsoft tied to U.S national > security). > > My memory is hazy, what was the outcome of Raju's attempts? > > It will never be about specializations. That is what the specialists > fail to see. > > It would help a lot if there was a less insistence on RFC 1855 > compliance for now > and more encouragement on participation and bringing in more people who > can get things done on the ground.
The only plus I can see with us at the moment is a possible widespread inclusion of a large number of people. So can we refocus on a formal structure and minimal agenda. As Vid says we dont wanna be YAML even with the entertainment. As a one shot emergency some minimal representation without an entity was fine. So can someone start a thread and STRICTLY FOCUS on this aspect to the exclusion of everything else. IMO everything else will be red herrings without a legal entity anyway. As Vid says we dont wanna be YAML. Even with the entertainment. > IMHO Delhi friends may want to file and RTI for MoM of Bill Gates and > Nandan Nilekani meeting as and when that happens, can request > volunteers in FSMK to track the same. As a citizen I would want to > know what was discussed. > > > MS > > _______________________________________________ > > network mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
