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Speaking Out For Free Software In India
inode_buddha writes "We all know how RMS and Bill Gates toured India recently, with mostly mixed reviews. The reviews don't seem so mixed after reading this memo
regarding the use of software in Indian schools... and it's interesting how quickly these people pick up on the business.
IMHO, this letter ranks up there with the Peruvian Congressman's letter to Microsoft in clarity and impact.
People worldwide are beginning to wake up, and this needs to be shouted from the (networked) hills... "
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Yeah, it's easy to come up with impressive amounts when your currency is that weak and when you put a coma between fscking pairs of digits.
They're probably better at grammar, too.
"Swatantryam"
;-)
Quote:
7.4 We wish to clarify that by the term 'Free Software' used above, we are referring to 'freedom', as in 'swatantryam' - not 'soujanyam'
You may want to Save Private Ryan, but you'll Swat Ant Ryam..
I love the way they talk about said company without mentioning them by name, the devil is so well known he needs no name.
I love stacking my barbecues in the shed at the end of summer - you can't beat a bit of grill on grill action.
If you say that, the terrorists win! ;)
Damn
OK - maybe only people from one state in India will understand it, but it still sounds better than 'free as in beer/speech'
I couldn't read that letter without the little voice in my head sounding like Apu was reading it.
grr...
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Treatment, not tyranny. End the drug war and free our American POWs.
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And nothing quite says "thank you" like a giant, 8-foot-tall condom.
Cut me some slack - I wrote that at 2am. I'm almost coherent during daylight.
".. the best way to prepare is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their operating system."
Hey, you'll never guess who this was from!!!
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Like "Canada" or "France"?
I am a Karma Library.
Cut me some slack - I wrote that at 2am. I'm almost coherent during daylight.
If you were in India, it would only be three in the afternoon. It's no wonder why they're smarter and have improved grammar!
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With our trade deficit we NEED to sell goods to foreign countries. Use Linux (or BSD, my favorite) here to reduce TCO, but we should really push M$ overseas.
the man has stated, repeatedly, that his wife and children will get none of the money and it will all go to charity
Yes, because everybody believes whatever comes out of his mouth. It's not like he's ever lied under oath or anything. (Look for "the computer wrote it")
What he has or hasn't said is one thing; what he'll actually do is another. Maybe he's lying, maybe not - but the only way to find out is to wait until he's kicked the bucket.
"These people"?
I agree. The sophistication of these savages is impressive. Who would have thought that they can look beyond the dazzling glass beads and intoxicating liquor that Gates and Co. are offering to realize the long term business and economic implications fully getting in bed with Microsoft.
These new "Super Indians" are going to be a lot harder to herd onto a reservation than the ones we had to deal with in the past. Why, they may even be almost as smart at the White Man, and just as cunning!
Bring out the phrenologists! We must study the size and shapes of their skulls!
---anactofgod---
"Equal opportunity swindling - *that* is the true test of a sustainable democracy."
Yes Gates has captured hearts but he hasnt captured my heart yet...
It's not my heart that I'm worried about... it's my brain. He already got half of it last time I fell asleep. must... not... sleep...
>The giant condum-balloon was not to make fun of
>Mr. Bill G
Really? I just figured they knew how much of a "big-dick" he was and they just wanted to protect themselves before they got screwed over by him.
Remember protection is a 2-way street.
I have the most productive H-1Bs in the company.
I mean - imagine send an American to work in Afghanistan, visiting is OK, but actually living there with a full-time job will be hard, especially if you have kids. A church and McDonalds would at least add some sense of normalcy.
A caveman dreams of being us, the incalculable power and riches. We dream of being Q, then what?
Surprisingly alot of school districts are broke. Yet some, whom I won't mention here, insist on buying the latest and greatest M$ products. Must be nice to be a beauracratic institution that can spend more money than they make and still be around. My bank get's pissy then I overdraw $5 on my debit card for a hamburger.