President Of India Advocates OSS

cOdEgUru writes "I am sure this is a first. The President of India has urged Indian IT Professionals to develop and specialise in OSS rather than Windows. To be noted is that he made the speech (look for the "Think Different" section) at the famous Indian Institute of Information Technology (India's foremost academic institution equivalent to MIT). Also he reminisces that his meeting with Mr.Gates were difficult due to differing views concerning OSS and Security. What should be noted about him is that he is not a politician, but a scientist and an independent thinker foremost."

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Apparently the Shadowbane servers..

[Achoi77]

.. was not the only thing hacked recently. :)

Re:Problems?

[xanadu-xtroot.com]

I'm sure we'll be seeing some sort of story explaining what's going on w/the changes on the front page

It looks like they've been testing a few things as of late.

dont you love racism?

[RonenKauffman]

go throw yourself out a window. do us all the favor. (and take your racist shit with you, ugly Amercian) (PS im a white guy from NYC)

Re:Indian president is a technocrat..

[FroMan]

What a load of crap. Only on slashdot would this be modded insightful.

Where are the troll moderations or insiteful moderations on this?

Slashdot moderators have combined IQ of 300

[jkrise]

Excuse me, but can someone explain how the parent post is modded 5 Funny? I guess the moderators are just stupid, or totally incompetent or both. How many moderators can name the capital of India?

How many know that India has their own satellite launch systems? Their own aerospace and research firms? Their own nuclear reactors, scientists and so forth? How many know that the current president, before his assignment, was the top scientific advisor to the Cabinet?

I recall the debate in Slashdot reg Munich being the capital of Germany, and shooting aero-baloons with guns. Time to moderate the moderators, surely!

Re:Indian president is a technocrat..

[FroMan]

One would almost think you were insightful. Except, you see that I did indeed spell it correctly previously in the post. I did spell "insiteful" wrong though, it was supposed to be "inciteful", as in baiting a person, flaimbait anyways.

So, next time you think you are clever, make sure you are truly clever. It was obvious I think that I did not mean the same "insightful" as you were thinking. And since it was spelled correctly not more than 20 words before, you look like a grammar/spelling nazi.

Re:Indian president is a technocrat..

[FroMan]

Insightful: wrong
Informative: wrong
Interesting: Maybe if you have a very small mind
Funny: Sure, I get a chuckle out of it
Underrated/Overrated: not really
Offtopic: yes
Flamebait: yes
Troll: possibley

Now, lets review, are you saying that it is accurate to claim that:

This is embarrassing actually. We're not even sure Bush can read without some help sounding-out the big words...

Is Insightful? What insight does this lend to your life? You are obviously already slanted against the president. Has it let you think of him in a new way that will enrich your life? If you answer yes to that you are a very shallow person. Here's a website more up your alley.

Re:Indian president is a technocrat..

[FroMan]

I could care less what folks write here. Heck, if you want to say you think the president is a massive mound of poop that has been formed into the shape of a human being and is controlled by millions of flies that buzz their wings in perfect harmony to sound like him talking, go ahead. I don't care.

But, my point is moderation. If you were to moderate the above with "insightful", "informative", "interesting" you are an idiot. You have no descernment over such things. If you moderate it as funny or offtopic, fine. If you moderate it as troll or flamebait, you are probably right on mark.

While I have an inciteful/funny sig, it does not mean that my posts are always flamebait or funny. The sig is a handle, not the content. The content should be moderated as it is.

However, here on slashdot we don't care that "insightful", "informative", "interesting", "funny", "underrated", "overrated", "offtopic", "troll", "flamebait" mean anything. Lets just mark things positive that we agree with and mark things negative which we disagree with. Learn those special words, what they mean, then moderate.

Re:Fix your political system first

[The Lynxpro]

...but in France, that freedom of speech is only guaranteed if it is spoken in French... Now to me, if the European Union is serious about European Unity, that all the countries must have the same basic laws and currency, shouldn't they all speak the same language? English perhaps? I wish the British would just adopt the Euro and then the tabloids could campaign for everyone in the country to call it the Euro-Pound... Or the *Sterlo* (sterling/sterile euro??)...