Re[2]: [ilugd]: where can I get a Linux logo T-shirt (in India please)?

2003-03-08 Thread Arjun
Dear ilugd, I like the idea of having a distinct one for ilugd. I like LL's idea. Whats the count?? I need two. Best regards, Arjun [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12:43:28 PM Sunday, March 9, 2003 °°

Re: [LIG] Re: [ilugd]: [draft] open letter to indian finance minister

2003-03-08 Thread Raj Mathur
> "Tarun" == Tarun Dua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The proposal actually has two facets: Excise or tax as a >> disincentive for deploying and/or bundling proprietary >> commodity off-the-shelf software (COTS) and as a way of >> generating revenue for promoting FLOSS. Ta

Re: [LIG] Re: [ilugd]: [draft] open letter to indian finance minister

2003-03-08 Thread Tarun Dua
> The proposal actually has two facets: Excise or tax as a disincentive > for deploying and/or bundling proprietary commodity off-the-shelf > software (COTS) and as a way of generating revenue for promoting > FLOSS. How does one implement Excise/tax on COTS without hurting FLOSS ? If both these do

Re: [LONG] [LIG] Re: [ilugd]: [draft] open letter to indian finance minister

2003-03-08 Thread Sanjeev \"Ghane\" Gupta
Raj Mathur wrote: > The proposal actually has two facets: Excise or tax as a disincentive > for deploying and/or bundling proprietary commodity off-the-shelf > software (COTS) and as a way of generating revenue for promoting > FLOSS. I agree with the first part -- makes perfect sense to me for > t

Re: [LONG] [LIG] Re: [ilugd]: [draft] open letter to indian finance minister

2003-03-08 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Tarun" == Tarun Dua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> first of all, an excellent response from tarun dua on the >> draft. Tarun> --Thanks LL >> IMHO FLOSS is beyond any mess that any bureaucrat, government, >> or corporate can

Re: [LONG] [LIG] Re: [ilugd]: [draft] open letter to indian finance minister

2003-03-08 Thread Tarun Dua
> first of all, an excellent response from tarun dua on the draft. --Thanks LL > IMHO FLOSS is beyond any mess that any bureaucrat, government, or > corporate can make. That is dangerous thinking!!! Look what a mess GOI bureaucrats made with regard to Internet. All this coz' of just a few high pro

[ilugd]: Fw: [LIG] [draft] open letter to indian finance minister - a different point of view

2003-03-08 Thread Tarun Dua
- Original Message - From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: RE: [LIG] [draft] open letter to indian finance minister - a different point of view > At 02:40 PM 3/8/2003 +0530, BNV Raman wrote: > >I do not ag

[ilugd]: Fw: [LIG] [draft] open letter to indian finance minister - a different point of view

2003-03-08 Thread Tarun Dua
- Original Message - From: BNV Raman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 2:40 PM Subject: RE: [LIG] [draft] open letter to indian finance minister - a different point of view > Hello LIG, > > I do not agree with what levying excise duty is supposed

[ilugd]: (fwd) [LIP] Fw: Boycott Caldera/SCO Products

2003-03-08 Thread Raj Mathur
[Bwaahaahaa! Didn't we come across some FUD about this earlier? Well, SCO really went and put their heads into the toilet this time! -- Raju] This is an RFC 1153 digest. (1 message) -- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Devd

Re: [ilugd]: bugtracking software

2003-03-08 Thread supreet
gnu gnats On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 02:35, Lokesh Bhog wrote: > Thanks a lot Tarun, > > I looked at bugzilla, it has too many options for > queries. I need a simple bug tracking tool that i can > use to monitor bugs and tack them to closure. Any more > suggestions would be helpfull. > > Have a good

Re: [ilugd]: where can I get a Linux logo T-shirt (in India please)?

2003-03-08 Thread vivek
Dhruv Gami wrote: > If many people are interested, we could all pool in some money (about 100 > bucks each) and get T-Shirts printed with Linux-Delhi or something like > that. > > Anyone who can come up with a nice logo for linux-delhi ? We could put > that up on the site too. We need a kind of

RE: [ilugd]: where can I get a Linux logo T-shirt (in India please)?

2003-03-08 Thread Dhruv Gami
If many people are interested, we could all pool in some money (about 100 bucks each) and get T-Shirts printed with Linux-Delhi or something like that. Anyone who can come up with a nice logo for linux-delhi ? We could put that up on the site too. We need a kind of a logo to identify the group

[ilugd]: R there any Test Suite available 4 Linux?

2003-03-08 Thread Shree Lipi for Linux
Hi Guys, Are there any Linux based Test Tools available free/commercial for Functionality test, Load Test, Performance Test, Stress Test, Resource Test, GUI Test. for a Desktop Linux Application like we have Rational Test Suite(TM) for Windows platform.   Thanx in advance, Sunil.

Re: [ilugd]: [draft] open letter to indian finance minister

2003-03-08 Thread LinuxLingam
By the way, anybody noticed more than linux-delhi or whoever, it is really microsoft and all the non-free software companies that must push the indian government to tax sale of software in india. because suddenly, the government will see a nice source of huge inflow of cash, and therefore, a rea

Re: [ilugd]: Queries reg GNU/Linux

2003-03-08 Thread LinuxLingam
On Saturday 08 March 2003 10:50 am, you wrote: > Hi folks, > > What is meant by the terminology in subject ? pl. guide > > Malkiat linux is the name of the kernel, one central piece of software in an operating system. the operating system itself could contain hundreds of utilities, and other typ

Re: [ilugd]: [draft] open letter to indian finance minister

2003-03-08 Thread LinuxLingam
On Saturday 08 March 2003 02:19 am, you wrote: > Just one question: > > Shouldn't we be talking/targeting about 'proprietorial' > software, instead of 'commercial' software? read responses to emails from tarun dua and tripta, on ilug-d. in brief: all commercial software, sold for a p

Re: [ilugd]: [draft] open letter to indian finance minister

2003-03-08 Thread LinuxLingam
On Friday 07 March 2003 08:43 pm, you wrote: > On Friday 07 March 2003 03:52 pm, LinuxLingam wrote: > > 14) finally, as a statement of leadership and values, india must > > adopt freedom-based software that is being proposed to the UNICEF to > > be declared as a world-culture heritage. > > Cite? o