hi , shridhar i think your reply is sounding very rude. I do not mean to start any brick bat on this but this is what i got when i read your reply.
regards abhijeet sane On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:03:39 +0530, Shridhar Daithankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vivek J.Patankar wrote: > > > > On Wed Oct 20 4:08 , Vishal Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > > > > >>If you want enlightenment (in more ways than one), try downloading it > > > >>from enlightenment.org using a 56-kbps dialup modem connection. > > > >>Then, if you still fail to understand how really cheap broadband can > >>make Free software more popular then I doubt anyone can help you. > > Just because it is available more easily doesn't make it more popular. The average > > microsoft using joe doesn't give a hoot about how he can get opensource software > > more easily. He's been using windows forever and is happy with it (no matter how > > much you explain to him the philosophy and benefit's of open source, why microsoft > > There are two things. OSS software moves fast and broadband penetration helps > people keep updated. > > Now quick, how many assembled PCs have Windows98SE installed on them?(At least > as one option? These days windows PCs dual boot between 98 and XP) Does it ever > gets updated? > > OTOH, even if your sole source of OSS CDs is PLUG, how many major KDE versions > you used in last year? I would say at least three.. > > Believe me, once you get addicted to updating things to bleeding edge, you > require more bandwidth than God.. And you do have incentive of upgrading OSS as > it keeps getting better by leaps and bounds.. > > > > Shridhar > > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail > Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions. > -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
