Fsf-friends December 2003

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by Manjush G.Menon

Original Message ----- From: "IT@School" <itschool(a)asianetindia.com> To: <manjushmenon(a)hotmail.com> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 5:08 PM Subject: Reply > Mr.Manjush G. Menon > We are not giving to depend totally on Ms. Products. Rather MS > Office is taught along with open office and Windows along with Linux > from this year. Arranging the resource persons for training an open > software, making available the software, the maintenance of a help desk > etc. are logistical issues which could not be immediately undertaken. > We plan switch out to open software within three years. > Executive Director > ---- Original Message ----- From: Manjush G. Menon To: itschool(a)asianetindia.com Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 5:46 PM Subject: Respected sir, From Manjush G. Menon, Sr.Programmer, Sofker Solutions Pvt Ltd, Kochi-18. To The Executive Director, 'IT @ SCHOOL' Project, SCERT Buildings, Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram-12. Respected sir, SUB: In protest against the inclusion of products from multinational companies in the syllabus of 'IT @ SCHOOL' It's a very dissappointing fact that when the whole world is moving towards Free software, we at kerala are going behind a major MNC - Microsoft. I hereby register my protest in such an act from 'IT @ SCHOOL' Project team. Breaking of prototypes will definetly help us in finding economical and high quality products for our future generation. For students and programmers, the GNU Linux contains 'GNU Compiler Collections' which includes C, C++, FORTRAN, PERL, TCL etc. Also, for DTP and other publishing purposes, it includes GNU Office utilities like Abi-Word, gedit, and other worksheet utilities, all these with a nominal cost of Rs 700-800/-. The software as it is, is free and the cost is accounted towards the media (CD + Documentation) included. By this letter, I urge you to take this matter seriously and suggest necessary modifications in the action plan of 'IT @ SCHOOL' project. Wishing you all the best and wishing all 'Students @ SCHOOL' a bright future, Thanking you, Yours faithfully Manjush G. Menon. ______________________________________________________ Check out all the latest outrageous email attachments on the Outrageous Email Chart! - http://viral.lycos.co.uk

17 years, 6 months

PERUVIAN EFFORT COULD BAN MICROSOFT ON GOV. COMPUTERS (fwd)

by Frederick Noronha

Thanks to George Lessard for posting this across. FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- PERUVIAN EFFORT COULD BAN MICROSOFT ON GOV. COMPUTERS Peruvian Congressman Edgar Villanueva is pushing legislation to obligate all public institutions to convert exclusively to open-source software. Open-source programs, embodied by the Linux operating system, have underlying code available to anyone who wants to modify or customize it. Such software, in unadorned form, can be downloaded from the Internet for free. Villanueva hopes his measure triggers activity in Peru's software industry by freeing programmers from the constraints of working with coding controlled by a few large companies. Open-source could take the expense out of software upgrades; which is important for a country like Peru that owes about $30 million in overdue software license fees. [SOURCE: San Jose Mercury, AUTHOR: Associated Press] (http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/3531007.htm)

18 years, 6 months

Free(dom) Software?

by Krishna Pagadala

Hi All, I am calling "free software" as "freedom software" these days. This is to emphasize that we are talking about freedoms, this way I am able to avoid the idiom ``free'' as in ``free speech,'' not as in ``free beer.'', and I hope that the idiom will become unnecessary. Does anybody have an opinion on this? Unless I hear good reasons for why it should be otherwise, I will be using "freedom software" when I try and explain free software movement. Also in written communication, I am writing "Free(dom)" instead of "Free", should I just be using "Freedom". Please let me know. RMS, if you are reading this. Do you have any opinion on this usage? This is particularly important for me, since I am starting to give talks on Free Software Movement, (to friends mostly, in Bay Area, California, USA). The title of the next talk is "Freedom, Development and Justice in the context of Free(dom) Software Movement" Thanks Krishna __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

19 years, 2 months

Opinion submitted to government of India

by Krishna Pagadala

I was thinking that the opinion (http://fsf.org.in/philosophy/mitrules.html) did not mention "accountability to citizens" as the reason governments should be using free software. I as a citizen have the right to audit the government. Thanks Krishna __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003

19 years, 2 months

happy new year

by fjsylvester

wishing all fsf-friends Happy & Properous New Year regards sylvester

19 years, 3 months

RMS travel,

by Arun M

Hi, An update on RMS's program. 16-22 Jan - WSF 23-27 Jan - Trivandrum. 28-2 Feb - Delhi. In trivandrum one program is EMS Memorial lecture organised by Kerala University. Arun.

19 years, 3 months

RE: [Fsf-friends] Free(dom) Software?

by Senthil_OR＠Dell.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Raman.P > --- Krishna Pagadala > > I am calling "free software" as "freedom software" > > these days. This is to emphasize that we are talking > > about freedoms, this way I am able to avoid the idiom > > ``free'' as in ``free speech,'' not as in ``free > > beer.'', and I hope that the idiom will become > > unnecessary. > > > > > > Also in written communication, I am writing > > "Free(dom)" instead of "Free", should I just be using > > "Freedom". Please let me know. > > > > RMS, if you are reading this. Do you have any > > opinion on this usage? > > > > I am using Free(dom) term for nearly two years in all my talks in > schools/colleges and organisations. I found it convenient and the > message is driven easily. The term "Freedom Software" is really good. If it had been used intially, It could have perhaps ( In my opinion) 1) Conveyed the Meaning of the movement 2) Could have avoided all the Open Source Software Vs Free Software (term tussles) 3) No child process of the name FLOSS RMS, Did you think of using term "Freedom Software" for the entire concept? I am yet to find your comments (on www) regarding this. -Senthil

19 years, 3 months

RE: [Fsf-friends] Debian

by Senthil_OR＠Dell.com

> > can any one share a copy of debian latest for free I shall pay up > > for courier charges > > Visit this URL. And I am sure you would like the deals. > > http://lincds.com Also : http://www.ilug-margao.org/html/cd_library.htm here It is like Rs.30/- per CD. Good go.

19 years, 3 months

Debian

by fjsylvester

can any one share a copy of debian latest for free I shall pay up for courier charges regards sylvester

19 years, 3 months

Re: Free(dom) Software?

by fjsylvester

hi friends, I feel using " free software " is the right term to use , because freedom is aldready got you have the GPL license to use free software , I think term " Free Software " has been well thought before it was implemented, regards sylvester

19 years, 3 months

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