On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:40 PM, A. Mani <[email protected]> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aveek Sen <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:15 PM > Subject: Fwd: [fsug-tvm] Oru Mani Vartha @ Manorama News 'shouts' > against free software > To: iitdlug <[email protected]>, nitalug > <[email protected]>, nitdgplug <[email protected]> > > > > > Just some minutes before Manorama News aired a report on Central > government funds for IT enabling Electricity boards. It stated Kerala > is going to loss the fund support from central government, since KSEB > is strict on using FOSS tools. The news reported free software is > inefficient, functions like online bill payment cannot be done using > FOSS tools. The news was reported by Rajeev Devraj for Manorama News > from TVM. > There's this joke about Malayala manorama style of reporting in kerala: Manorama report on day 1: Kottayam: Brave citizen confronts mad dog and saves school going children from being bitten...... Sometime noon, Manorama hears that the brave citizen happens to be a left supporter and hence on day 2 they report: Kottayam: Although the children were saved, was it really necessary to kill the dog.... On day 2, Manorama comes to know that their initially brave citizen is a staunch left supporter and thus on day 3 they report: Kottayam: CRUEL AND BARBARIC TREATMENT KILLING OF INNOCENT DOG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An innocent dog was cruelly attacked with crude weapons and killed mercilessly shocking school going children as they happen to witness this. Concerned citizens have urged the police to book the perpetrator and attest him immediately......
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