15 Jan
2009
15 Jan
'09
1:46 a.m.
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Similar+experiences+in+B...
<snip> It is not only in Kerala that free software exponents are seeing red signal in government. Last year, similar developments took place in Brazil and Argentina, the Latin American countries where free software movement has made a major headway.
The ouster of M. Arun, special officer for International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) and Joseph C Mathew, IT advisor to the Chief Minister, from their positions can be read along with the ousters of free software exponents from Brazilian and Argentinian governments. There were allegations that the expulsion of free software proponents in those countries was at the instance of Microsoft. </snip>
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Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free
Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs.
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