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"Vijay" == Vijay Kumar ec10052@nitt.edu writes:
Vijay> The transcript of RMS' speech at the National Institute of Vijay> Technology, Trichy is available from Vijay> http://glugt.linuxisle.com/projects.shtml
When was this speech given?
Vijay> A few quotes from the speech:
Vijay> [snip] Vijay> * Well, there are Vijay> lots of people in India who might be able to afford the Vijay> computer, but couldn't possibly afford the software, Vijay> because they can just barely afford a computer. So free Vijay> software can make a big difference in terms of who in India Vijay> can get a computer and run it. Vijay> [more snip]
Isn't this open source philosophy rather than free software philosophy? Should price matter in the case of software? Should we start using MS (or whatever other package takes your fancy) just because they price their products at 0?
Regards,
- -- Raju - -- Raj Mathur raju@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves