Re: [ILUG-BOM] article on rediff: linux for visually impaired

On 28/10/2007, Vihan Pandey <vihanpandey(a)gmail.com> wrote: I think it is very wrong to point fingers at a person who is so dedicated towards the mission without first trying to confirm facts. and this has been mentioned time and time again by yours truely as well as nagarjun as to who was the culprit. but even after all this if one person keeps on pointing fingers at the person in question then I can only say one thing. the freedom fighters might not be encouraged to take this as a good insentive. if my breafing started with the mention to fsf and the free software moment, and in my breafing to the press I did not even mention ones about the cost factor and after doing this (for me this is not a new thing), if people instead of bashing the press are going to talk roodly to the person himself, then I modestly leave it to the readers to conclude if this is some thing a person wants to have some thing personal in the mission or ... I think firstly if I am feeling bad about a certain article, I would first talk to the known person in the circle who is well known promoter of "free software " and confirm what happened. I would also ask certain respected people if they have any idea about the real facts. so if press made a mistake I would go to the source of that article and comment there if I was really by hart concerned about the problem and not to show some one "how great a freedom fighter I am ". I am not saying much because we must unite and fight the evils of proprietry software. but that's me, if this same thing would have happened with some one else, the situation would have been different. you see, after talking about all the free as in freedom aspect and confirming the same with the press, if people raise fingers at a dedicated person, then I doubt how many will sustain like I do. I don't need credit for what I do because I am doing it for the cause and the freedom of the community, but at the same time disregarding some ones efords is also not very encouraging. the entire mis understanding started when the comments came on the glug instead of on the rediff page where the rediff guys are most likely to see. that is what my colligue alpesh did because his anger was on the press and not on me. but on this email I was the one who would be reading and rediff was most unlikely to read it, so who was the target? any ways I have written this email no to bash vihan or some one (afterall his thoughts were the same as me except the words ), but to clearify things so people can understand my strong reactions. if some one wants to hear my press breafing, please email me off the list and I will arange to send a cd. regards, Krishnakant.