Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] Israel stops buying Microsoft software

2004-01-04 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
Sanjeev posts: why should the State fund a particular method For the simple ethical reason of not dividing users and prevent sharing. The ultimate goal of the State is the betterment of it citizens through equitable distribution of technological benefits. -- ragOO Amateur Radio

[ilugd] Re: [LIG] Israel stops buying Microsoft software

2004-01-02 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
Raju Mathur posts: has suspended purchases of Microsoft productivity software and is encouraging the development of an open source alternative A ban would have been better instead of a (revocable) suspension. Encouragement is not just enough, states should fund the writing of Free

[ilugd] Re: [LIG] SCO claims appear to be bogus

2003-08-20 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
Raj Mathur posts : Full story at: http://lwn.net/Articles/45019/ Update == http://perens.com/Articles/SCOCopiedCode.html Inside the html, towards the end, you can link up to a SCOvsIBM, TwikiWeThey page. -- ragOO, VU2RGU ::Visit http://puggy.symonds.net/~fsug-kochi/ Helping