Dear sir, Ref: CM writes to Gates Foundation, TOI 30-04-2010-p.3 It is one thing if a foreign agency comes forward on its own to take up social work in India. But a Chief Minister sending written feelers for its alms is a national shame. For each dollar donated by Gates Foundation, Microsoft will take away ten to hundred from India. Their modus operandi the world over is well known. A sensible and positive approach would be for Karnataka to adopt the far more robust and reliable Open Source(most of it free) software in Government and non-Government fields, saving huge amounts which would otherwise go to the coffers of proprietary software sharks. It will be decent & honest national savings which can be gladly diverted for fighting malnutrition or for similar noble work. - JS Karkada
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