On Feb 15, 2008 8:40 PM, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The author says "I am fine with Linux but what about others?". And in saying > this the author is also putting himself on par with my Indian-American > relatives who used to visit India on holiday in the 1980s after 4 years in > the US and ask "Don't telephones work here? You have power failures here? You > should see the US"
Addendum from the early 21st century (2008 CE): During a 2-week visit to Chennai and Mumbai not only did the telephones work (the mobiles worked much better than mobiles work in the US, though, with a tad more network operator sms spam), there was not a single power failure during my stay. The worst part of the trip was once being forced to share a car ride to the Mumbai airport with an Indian American couple who had lived in the US for over 3 decades. They kept fretting about possibly missing their flight and complaining about the traffic. All the while I was thinking to myself that the problem was not one of traffic, but one of them not knowing what to expect of rush hour traffic and planning ahead. Thaths -- Bart: We were just planning the father-son river rafting trip. Homer: Hehe. You don't have a son. Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
