Suraj Kumar
We definitely have to act against this. What are we going to do?
Instead of crying soar on this list, we can write articles/letters to various newspapers. The articles will have to be backed up with considerable proof/charts & tables that will be hard to ignore.
And we will have to get them into mainstream press. Can you imagine a Director in some ministry reading Slashdot or newsforge. The points that we can point out in favor of Free Software
- We are free to make changes and hence customize it to our needs. We can also audit the software for security flaws and errors.
- Less cost
- Generates employment (as the software needs maintainance, training and modifaction)
- the money of the state/country remains inside the countryy and does not go to foriegen countries
I would also like to respond to a quote from CkRaju (in a different post). He said that
` Someone advised me the other day, that spending time in learning to live with such a condition, would be a much better option, than attempting to challenge or change the views of the 'bureaucracy'. ' Imagine if RMS had said that. Sometimes it just takes one man to make a stand.