...calls for open source in the defense of India. http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5259836.html
Sorry if this is old news to some, but I didn't see it pointed out earlier. Stories about this country or that state/city moving to free software are not so unusual nowadays, but it seems still quite rare for a Head of State to advocate OSS publicly. The only other one that I am aware of was the one about the President of Brazil, last year: http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7277753.htm According to the article, the President of India was a former scientist, head of India's defense R&D, and "architect" of its guided missile program; and that he met Stallman during Stallman's visit to India in January 2004. In contrast, if I understand correctly, the Philippine president's position is more hands-off, "I cannot or do not want to dictate or advocate or control", no? Another case of too much "democracy" in Philippines, not enough leadership/vision/political will? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
