Fsf-friends November 2002

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by Raju Mathur

['Ware -- crossposting] Today's TOI has a editorial piece on Microsoft that mentions Linux quite favourably. <excerpt> [that] could open one more front in Microsoft's ongoing war against Linux, a free, open-source operating system. Mr Gates has been dismissive of Linux, but other commentators are not so sanguine. As the Economist recently noted, "Linux has limited the progress of Windows in the server market, as governments and big firms have found it to be not only less costly but more flexible and more secure." While Mr Gates was still in India, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh announced that all of MP government's schemes would use Linux software. In Mr Singh's words, it was not a question of Microsoft versus Linux but of choosing between free software and a monopoly. </excerpt> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=28… Glad to see that Linux is being touted for openness and not just price by the mainstream press too. -- Raju -- Raju Mathur raju(a)kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ It is the mind that moves

21 years

Linux wins one in India

by Suresh Titus

Seems Madhya Pradesh isnt interested in Bill Gates "free (of cost)" software. -> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6320 -> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=2… /Suresh ________________________________________________________________________ Missed your favourite TV serial last night? Try the new, Yahoo! TV. visit http://in.tv.yahoo.com

21 years

Manorama dialogue

by V. Sasi Kumar

I believe there is a dialogue between Vijayaraghavan and Achyut Shankar in today's Malayala Manorama. I have not been able to see it. But, apparently, there are a few misleading statements. I think we should react. Sasi

21 years

[News] Madhya Pradesh Opens Window to Linux

by Raj Singh

MP Opens Windows to Linux by ANIL SHARMA TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2002 01:42:20 AM ] BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh has shut the door on Bill Gates. The state government schemes will use Linux software. Chief minister Digvijay Singh personally conveyed this to Microsoft boss Bill Gates during an interaction last week in New Delhi. "For us it is not a question of Microsoft versus Linux. It is just a matter of choosing between a free software and a monopoly. We feel that when we are putting public information out in the open, then it should not be through a proprietary software," Mr Singh told ET. Nor is it merely a public vs private ideological battle. Germany and Latin American countries, particularly Peru and Brazil, have opted for Linux rather than proprietary software to bring down costs, which keep mounting with successive upgrades in the case of proprietary software. ...............

21 years

Re: [ilug-cal] [Fwd: [Fsf-friends] Madhya Pradesh says no to proprietary s/w]

by Sayamindu Dasgupta

well,the story has been slashdotted, and the nerds there are busy contemplating what Mr Gate's face would have looked like when Mr Singh said NO on his face This one was posted there http://www.grub.net/crud/gates.jpg LOL :) -sdg- On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 20:29, Russell McOrmond wrote: > > He forgot the link: > > http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=2… > > > Great to hear! Looking forward to something in WB --- have you all > contacted your representatives? > > On 19 Nov 2002, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote: > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > > > From: Mahesh T Pai <paivakil(a)vsnl.net> > > To: Friends of FSF <fsf-friends(a)gnu.org.in> > > Subject: [Fsf-friends] Madhya Pradesh says no to proprietary s/w > > Date: 19 Nov 2002 19:01:21 +0530 > > > > Today's Economic Times carries a front page single column boxed item > > which says that the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has personally > > conveyed to Bill Gates that his Operating systems will not be used in > > the government coz. the government is not interested in using > > restrictive software. > > -- Sayamindu Dasgupta [ http://www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/ ] * GNU is Not Unix * .... Towards World Liberation .... http://www.gnu.org Please go away.

21 years

Fwd: The OSS portal project

by klak＠giasbm01.vsnl.net.in

-- Khuzaima A. Lakdawala

21 years

a memo and the IT@School Project

by Raghavendra Bhat

Members of FSUG-Kochi have submitted a memorandum to the Government of Kerala regarding the choice of software and syllabus prescribed for the IT@School project. Link up and read the full memo at http://www.symonds.net/~fsug-kochi/mass-memo.html -- .-"".__."``". ragOO, Amateur Radio VU2RGU .-.--. _...' (/) (/) ``' Free Software for a Brave GNU World (O/ O) \-' ` -="""=. ', Computing as a Community Resource! ~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

21 years

Madhya Pradesh says no to proprietary s/w

by Mahesh T Pai

Today's Economic Times carries a front page single column boxed item which says that the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has personally conveyed to Bill Gates that his Operating systems will not be used in the government coz. the government is not interested in using restrictive software. Mahesh T Pai.

21 years

Linux for the Rest of Us

by Business2.com.on.behalf.of.jayveecomp＠satyam.net.in

jayveecomp(a)satyam.net.in has sent you a Business2.com article. Personal message: Hi, Attached is the link to a write-up on Linux based application and a success story of a Chain store in implementing substitute for MS Jacob To view the entire article, go to http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,44531,FF.html Business 2.0 http://www.business2.com

21 years

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by Harish

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