Dear Anivar,<br><br>I am not too sure about the definition &#39;movement&#39; but when I was studying--1986-88--there was already &#39;opensystems&#39; (which included not just software but hardware and firmware too). Though the dominance of M$ was not as pronounced, opinion had already turned against it and other proprietary systems.<br>
<br>So I think it will be safe to assume the start of the &#39;movement&#39; at least sometime in the early 1980s, rather than a decade later. It was amorphous, but it did exist. For a while it was part of the &#39;pirates&#39; who wanted to subvert the stranglehold of the proprietary makers. All this are important parts of the FSM. Ironically, M$ was a strong advocate of the opensystems approach in the initial stages, untill WINTEL came along. <br>
<br>I moved away from the technical part about 15 years ago, so I don&#39;t
know the details in between, but I am sure it was a vibrant one (just
like its earlier forms). There will be others who can fill in the gap.<br><br>Great effort!<br><br>best wishes,<br><br>Edwin<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/30 Anivar Aravind <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:anivar.aravind@gmail.com">anivar.aravind@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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From: Anivar Aravind &lt;<a href="mailto:anivar.aravind@gmail.com">anivar.aravind@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Date: Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:40 PM<br>
Subject: History of Free Software movement in India<br>
To: Principal Support List of FSF-India &lt;<a href="mailto:fsf-friends@mm.gnu.org.in">fsf-friends@mm.gnu.org.in</a>&gt;<br>
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Dear Friends<br>
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In kochi conference I did a presentation on History of Free Software<br>
movement in India. (I presented my session after the boycott novell<br>
campaign and manhandling )<br>
The slide of the presentation is available at<br>
<a href="http://anivar.movingrepublic.org/wp-content/uploads/storydom.pdf" target="_blank">http://anivar.movingrepublic.org/wp-content/uploads/storydom.pdf</a><br>
(Thanks Hiran for the Theme &amp; design)<br>
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I am planning to make this as an article. Please go through it and<br>
point if i missed any groups<br>
So please send your feedback<br>
Also it will help the people in this list to get the name of various<br>
groups contributed to the Free Software movement<br>
<br>
Anivar Aravind<br>
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Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free<br>
Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs.<br>
Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds.<br>
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--<br>
Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free<br>
Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs.<br>
Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds.<br>
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