On 1/2/09, കേരളീയന് भारतीयन keraleean@gmail.com wrote:
. Hence it is natural that
progressive political parties are more concerned with software freedom than anyone of the FSM.
May be this 'concern' was the driving force, when CPM decided to go ahead with the Panchayath Computerisation(done by IKM, headed by a party bigwig P.V Unnikrishnan) activities entirely in M$ platform some time back, ignoring the repeated pleas for using FS by many leftist sympathisers. The 'concern by the progressive party' thus paved ay for the biggest M$ project in India. If it were not for the vigilant and dedicated work by FS activists in Kerala, the concerned guys would've made M$ even richer. Anyway, it is glad to see that the same people behind the IKM project is considering FS as an option now. Let us hope that this afterthought has come as a result of understanding the ideals of FS, rather than seeing it as an opportunity to capture a hitherto untapped vote bank.
It's also interesting to see the silence of our activists for 'democratic free software movement' on the secret meeting on FS organized by CPIM. If what Anivar has written is true, we have to be watchful of the CPIM propagandists in FS forums. Is this a test ground for them? FSF I their first target?