On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 21:59 +0530, Rony wrote:
KM wrote:
Hindustan Times had been covering the FYJC site and had run some articles a couple of days from its trial launch, so I did write to the editor regarding this issue and urged them to help bring this out in the open.
No response yet. I believe someone influential, or with journalist friends, or if some journos are on this list, might want to take up this matter, so that people do get the real picture.
Journalists jump at the slightest hint of corruption, misuse of power, abuse of power. They have this tendency to dig deep into matters and expose bad products or policies of powerful brands and companies. They have a nose that can sniff out something foul from far away. However what surprises me is their lack of interest in software freedom and software technologies for this freedom. Are we just looked upon as some crazy PETA type minority that is normally ignored and gets publicity only when they show some skin?
Probably proper orientation is the need. I don't think that there are a reporters for any news channel or paper who really understands that not having freedom in technology is not having freedom *at all *. We need to write may be an article ourselves and try publishing it. I used to write in my earlier days as a free lance journalist.
happy hacking. Krishnakant.