Well those who had attended the talk given by Mr. Siva kumar of IIT Mumbai during GNUnify event conducted by Symbiosis institute of computer research would definetly believe that everything(software related) is possible by free software. Mr. Siva kumar kept the entire audience on their toes in the post lunch session, when he gave the listing of Free Software used by the prestigious institution for even mission critical applications.
Mr. Richard Stallman always says anyone who has self respect will always use free software. All one needs is to choose the right software for the right job, which might take a few hours in choosing the software (few hours spent in sites like freshmeat and sourceforge.net). If you want to make every software user satisfied, free software is the only tool available in the market. I hope Linuxforu could even be called Gnu/Linuxforu. If linux wants always to be a free software the only way is by associating itself with GNU.
rgds,
kk.
>From: "Saswata Banerjee & Associates"
>Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
>To:
>Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fw: Good News from LINUX For You
>Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 07:32:46 +0530
>
>It is not always easy to stick to only free software for websites. For all
>we know, the server they use to host the site may be a commercial server
>which runs iis or something.
>
>Also, the site is probably designed by commercial design firms, who may not
>have the ability to do it under free software systems. I doubt if any
>corporate will take a decision of changing their server and website design
>firms just because they work on proprietory software. In most cases, the
>users do not know the difference anyway.
>
>What is more important is whether the design of the website supports
>non-propertory browsers like mozila, konquor, etc. If being a Linux
>magazine, it runs a website that only supports IE, then we all have a reason
>to fry (not just flame) them, otherwise, I dont think it is important
>enough.
>
>Regards
>Saswata
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Clinton Goveas"
>To:
>Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 1:17 AM
>Subject: RE: [ILUG-BOM] Fw: Good News from LINUX For You
>
>
> > Atleast they have started something, that in the long run, will serve
> > the GNU/Free software community well. In a separate mail, they have also
> > mentioned that they are working on getting 100% GNU-based, which is
> > definitely a commitment to change.
> >
> > I think we should show our maturity and cut them some slack, without
> > being judgemental at the first opportunity. Bringing them down will only
> > work against us.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Clinton Goveas
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> > [mailto:linuxers-admin@mm.ilug-bom.org.in] On Behalf Of Harsh R Busa
> > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 1:12 AM
> > To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
> > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Fw: Good News from LINUX For You
> >
> >
> > funny... various sections of their site run on proprietry s/w and they
> > want to show us their committment to free s/w.
> >
> >
> >
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