26 Oct
2007
26 Oct
'07
5:52 p.m.
On 10/23/07, Vihan Pandey <vihanpandey(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Lets consider the example of a laptop. A tech magazine is bound to
cover aspects of the laptop such as size, processor, memory, storage,
wifi, etc. This will give more or less full justice to whatever has
gone behind the making of the laptop.
A fashion mag on the other hand will only talk about how *cool* the
laptop looks, how it is a chick magnet, how eyeballs will follow it
wherever you go (sony vaio?) and how 'everyone who is anyone' owns one
and hence, you should too.
The point is that the article featured in "Rediff Money", so it's no
wonder that the journalist chose to highlight the monetary aspect of
the software. I understand that it is sacrilege according to you and
many others that the mukti aspect was not highlighted; even I feel the
free aspect should have been atleast mentioned, if not elaborated. But
if you see the theme of the medium, you'll see why it didn't really
happen the way you wish it should have.
--
Siddhesh Poyarekar
http://siddhesh.in
Hi,
check
"Low cost software for visually impaired"
http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/oct/23linux.htm
i find this article to absolutely disgusting as ABSOLUTELY NO MENTION
has been made of the GNU, or the Gnome Project both of which are
responsible for the Orca project being there in the first place.