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Re: [ilug-cal] [Fwd: [Fsf-friends] Madhya Pradesh says no to proprietary s/w]
by Sayamindu Dasgupta 20 Nov '02

20 Nov '02

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.

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Fwd: The OSS portal project
by klak＠giasbm01.vsnl.net.in 20 Nov '02

20 Nov '02

-- Khuzaima A. Lakdawala

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a memo and the IT@School Project
by Raghavendra Bhat 20 Nov '02

20 Nov '02

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! ~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Madhya Pradesh says no to proprietary s/w
by Mahesh T Pai 19 Nov '02

19 Nov '02

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.

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Linux for the Rest of Us
by Business2.com.on.behalf.of.jayveecomp＠satyam.net.in 19 Nov '02

19 Nov '02

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

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Re:
by Harish 19 Nov '02

19 Nov '02

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IBM says don't partition your disk!
by vsasi＠vsnl.com 19 Nov '02

19 Nov '02

Recently one of my colleagues purchased an IBM NetVista computer with 40 GB hard disk and pre-installed Windows XP. The machine came with the hard disk in a single partition. He wanted to repartition the disk and install Gnu/Linux also. Since the machine had just been delivered, he told the suppliers that he wanted the disk to be partitioned. They agreed, but the next day they called to say that partitioning the disk will result in his losing the warranty. According to them, this particular model was meant to be used as such and the purchaser has no right to change the configuration. This had not been mentioned in their quotation, and, according to them, nobody had asked for partitioning. They also said some interesting things: (a) that there was a hidden partition of 4 GB that contained the OS (b) that, if the disk was partitioned and the machine was connected to the Internet, then it would inform IBM about the change in configuration and the purchaser would lose the warranty. My colleague has decided to reject the machine if they insist on denying him the right to partition the disk. Would any of you have any information on such practices? This seems to be a serious matter that has to be taken up. V. Sasi Kumar Centre for Earth Science Studies Thiruvananthapuram

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Details
by CK Raju 18 Nov '02

18 Nov '02

Does anyone have a copy of the resolution adopted at ER&DC / Keltron at TVM few weeks ago in respect of Free Software ? We seem to have a huge task ahead after going through the opinions aired by Hon'ble Minister for Industries. By allowing a debate on the issue, there appears to be a ray of hope. CK Raju Thrissur

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Article in this week's Outlook
by Raghavendra Bhat 18 Nov '02

18 Nov '02

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20021125&fname=Bill+Gates+%28F… This article is a big confusion, maybe a cluestick has to be applied to this journo's head. ;-) -- .-"".__."``". ragOO, Amateur Radio VU2RGU .-.--. _...' (/) (/) ``' Free Software for a Brave GNU World (O/ O) \-' ` -="""=. ', Computing as a Community Resource! ~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Tux fights bux for India 's soul
by N S Srikanth 18 Nov '02

18 Nov '02

Please see the article on Linux journal.com http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6450 N S Srikanth

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