On 3/12/07, cvr3@river-valley.org cvr3@river-valley.org wrote:
I feel this is very relevant to this thread, I am now coming to the contradictions on client side computing.
== The thread is being split into more finer threads ==
CVR, 1. If that is the worry then there could be FreeDOS, ReactOS etc which can give M$ a good scare.
2. A fact that web applications are on the rise doesn't decrease the importance of servers - they only increase, because information is easy to control if its concentrated - it becomes a nice hot target - which only increase our demand for such public services to be on Free Software, because citizens feel more secure if public information is not only detached from a private player but also if they themselves are its masters.
3. Lastly, on education content. Is education only about content ? It can rarely be so. Education involves critical thinking - at its core - one, that can make any hardened project very very brittle - which in turn makes any idea of a finished project, totally naive. Since proprietary world usually takes everything given, for granted - as a habit - their views on education also gets distorted - finished projects are a norm here, not exceptions. This is a deep rooted cognitive disorder, a fallout of proprietariness. Free Software community almost always thinks, questions, discusses and differs - and lets their difference known - as a fork, or as a modification.
Enough of this thread. Bye. CK Raju