On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:59 PM, sandeep sr sandeep.sr78@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:21 PM, haynes davis haynesdavis@gmail.com wrote:
The it can be a non-cpim position too. But Branding everything other than only -cpim position to Anti-CPIM position will not help for a movement.
right now non-cpim is a big vacuum regarding free software as far as political and government support is considered. Why our struggle does not seem to be productive in the other states and the central government?
Some of the 'productive' Free Software initiatives by the 'Red' State:
** Microsoft to help West Bengal's IT initiative (2001) http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/2001/08/30/stories/06300008.htm
** Microsoft India launches `student PC purchase' programme( in partnership with the West Bengal government and Intel Technologies) (2005) http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/28/stories/2005102816531100.htm
** Microsoft inks MoU with West Bengal govt (2004) http://infotech.indiatimes.com/articleshow/934755.cms http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/11/25/stories/2004112504511801.htm
(Just mentioning a few..)
And interestingly, a report on the Congress Govt's (Kerala) move to introduce Free Software in Schools.
Stallman's MS-bashing in West Bengal gets ears in Congress-run Kerala
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/stallmans-msbashing-in-west-bengal-gets...
** "**The state is ruled by communist politicians and its top elected official, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, has long been a supporter of free software, railing against the dominance of Microsoft's Windows when he was a state legislator.* * ....* ....
*Despite the denials that Microsoft was the target, opposition leader M.A. Shahnawaz, of the Congress party, said he believed the decision was based on the communists'opposition to the software giant's products.
He cited the communists'opposition to a Microsoft-supported computer training program that the Congress party enacted in 2002 when it ruled the state."
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More : http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Aug31/0,4670,IndiaWindowsvsLinux,00.html *