It's kind of fun in a way. There will be two models: The cheap model for windows users, and the luxury model for linux users:-) haha superb reply:D:D lolllllllll
i'm from India and I find most people to be scared of "linux". They don't mind viruses, system crashes bu simply don't have the guts to try out something new like Linux, inspite of its many advantages.
This is an excellent article. I'm from Hyderabad, India and I personally know of the number of problems that Microsoft for us here.This is an excellent article. I'm from Hyderabad, India and I personally know of the number of problems that Microsoft for us here.
As a developing nation with high inflation, the computerisation of all Government offices throughout the country, has not given the expected results simply because of the "inelastic" MS products. Every one knows that Microsoft is highly virus prone and buggy. So lots of money has to wasted on anti-virus products. Along with this, even now lots of common people and government employees are comfortable with the regional language rather than English. Unfortunately, Microsoft supports only English.
It is also important that a government wants documents to be viewable for several decades and centuries, something Microsoft won't support, because it has to finish off its "old products" regularly, in order to ensure the sales of its new products.
Another not widely reported fact is that Microsoft is investing lots of money through Bill and Mellinda Gates Foundation. The condition is that the Government should "prefer"( read as promise) to use only Microsoft products, which also adds a lot of AVOIDABLE financial burden to the government treasury.
Its good that BIS has refused to waver in spite of the "pressure" from Microsoft. It is a very good decision. Moving to the open standards is always something to be appreciated!!:)
i'm surprised at how microsoft keeps on motivating us users, again and again to keep away from it and its technology. They remind of the "frog-in-the-well" mentality, which believes that the well is the universe. If u r from outside the well, microsoft doesn't either care or support u. it would instead, put its efforts to pull u forcefuuly, into the web, rather than build bridges and help others.
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i'm from India and I find most people to be scared of "linux". They don't mind viruses, system crashes bu simply don't have the guts to try out something new like Linux, inspite of its many advantages.
This is an excellent article. I'm from Hyderabad, India and I personally know of the number of problems that Microsoft for us here.This is an excellent article. I'm from Hyderabad, India and I personally know of the number of problems that Microsoft for us here.
As a developing nation with high inflation, the computerisation of all Government offices throughout the country, has not given the expected results simply because of the "inelastic" MS products. Every one knows that Microsoft is highly virus prone and buggy. So lots of money has to wasted on anti-virus products. Along with this, even now lots of common people and government employees are comfortable with the regional language rather than English. Unfortunately, Microsoft supports only English.
It is also important that a government wants documents to be viewable for several decades and centuries, something Microsoft won't support, because it has to finish off its "old products" regularly, in order to ensure the sales of its new products.
Another not widely reported fact is that Microsoft is investing lots of money through Bill and Mellinda Gates Foundation. The condition is that the Government should "prefer"( read as promise) to use only Microsoft products, which also adds a lot of AVOIDABLE financial burden to the government treasury.
Its good that BIS has refused to waver in spite of the "pressure" from Microsoft. It is a very good decision. Moving to the open standards is always something to be appreciated!!:)
i'm surprised at how microsoft keeps on motivating us users, again and again to keep away from it and its technology. They remind of the "frog-in-the-well" mentality, which believes that the well is the universe. If u r from outside the well, microsoft doesn't either care or support u. it would instead, put its efforts to pull u forcefuuly, into the web, rather than build bridges and help others.