As a person living in India for the greater part pf 6 months in a year: a)Number of people that I know who use Linux (other than myself) : 0 b)Number of companies that I know who use Linux : 0; who use Solaris : 2 (but these are both networking companies. c)Percentage of people who have and use a windows box as their primary machine : ~100% - not too many Mac users here...:P d)Percentage of people who have a legal copy of Windows - ~20% e)Percentage of people who use legal software : ~10%
In India, Windows IS free...
However I must say that more and more people are beginning to know and understand what Linux is. So... who knows..
SVG is still a standard?:o I thought that it lost the battle, war, and it's ability to procreate to SWF... Has anyone actually come across anything that is SVG based? In fact, I wonder how many people here actually knew what SVG was before reading this article...
More groundbreaking news might be the impending release of Macromedia Flash 7 a.k.a Macromedia Flash 2004 a.k.a Matador (for designers) and Toreador (for developers). The beta is out! Check this french translation for some info and this for the screenshot.
I would suggest logging EVERYTHING. Give your ISP a chance to rectify matters. Follow their advice to the letter. Push them a bit-urge them a bit.
If you still aren't satisfied, inform them that you will be contacting the press, and ask them cordialy to prepare tehmselves for some negative publicity.
Then call up 10 newspapers, and computeresque magazines and ask tehm if they would be interested in hearing your story. Get some cheap webspace and put everything up there.
*shrug* Most ISPs don't move their arses unless their arses are at risk:P
Maybe it's because politicians are more likely to use mobile phones rather than email... hence consider it a serious problem;P Pre-emptive due to shameless self-interest? heh
lol and a nuclear exchange between... the US/Japan and North Korea will make their economies rosier? Anyways, the two countries in question do realise the power of a nuclear weapon... which is why they have 'em:P
Here's to hoping the USD value doubles in the next week or so... I'm expecting my pay cheque:)
I think that the biggest plus point in outsourcing work (not necessarily IT) to India other than cheap skilled labour is the fact that most indians speak English. China is devoting a lot of resources to get it's population up to speed in this matter, but has a long way to go yet...
But a Linux Desktop for $850.. who tf is going to buy that crap? unless they expect a sharp drop in the dollar from Rs.47 to Rs 24, I don't see anything groundbreaking happening...:/
Besides all software is free in India. I noticed Windows 98 SE CDs for sale on the footpath for about $3 the last time I was here...
And there's not been a peep out of the makers of the Simputer (also reviewed at/.)
later...
if you scroll right to the bottom of the project's main page here,you may find a rather poignant plea:P
"Changes: Sat May 31 19:37:25 CDT 2003. Slashdotting. Make attack files gzipped. Also made the destionation points of the slashdot links point to holder pages. (Why oh why didn't they link to this page directly, which has the info people want, instead of the actual paper?)"
America should stop implementing programs against minorities.
America should address their grievous repression of everyone non-american.
America should allow a referendum in Iraq.
America should give the UN control in Iraq.
America should provide proof of WMDs.
America should provide the supposedly cliching evidence of the presence
of WMD in iraq before the war.
America should not favour american companies for rebuilding Iraq.
American should not use spy satellites.
America should not elect simians for the post of El Presidente.
America should stop monitoring packet data on the internet (echelon etc.)...
America should stop it's bishops and priests from molesting it's children...
America should stop it's kids from killing each other in school...
America should stop playing baseball as it's tediously biring. They should
all switch to Cricket
Now tell me... wtf does the political or religious orientation of India have
to do with it's possible adoption of OSS?
I sometimes wonder where tf people like you crawl out from...
-A Religious Fanatic (sic)
P.S No offense intended to anybody except the original poster...
Well, I don't know about 115,200. I believe the advertised bandwidth is for 64kbps initially, so what you are reporting is probably just the port speed. But Reliance is in this quagmire primarily due to political and competitive disputes. Reliance has to deal with BSNL (one of it's primary competitors) for access to landlines so that it can fulfil it's marketing promises of providing Rs.0.40 ($0.009) a minute STD a.k.a National (primarily interstate) calls. But the deal was never fully completed or ratified. Coupled with a few other bureaucratic tangles, this has put Reliance in a rather unenviable position...
Reliance Industries is one of the largest companies in Asia, with it's primary presence being in the Petroleum industry.
But regardless, I'd rather see more discussion on the state of broadband in India... which is pitiful at best and horribly expensive at worst.
In India, standard broadband = 64kbps DSL or cable. Standard charges are about Rs.2000(USD45)/month for untimed night time connectivity, with a datacap of 1GB per month.
*sigh*
Landline phone calls are metered at exorbitant rates which makes dialup prohibitively expensive as well...:/
I'm most certainly not going to bare anything! And you shouldn't either!
But anyhoo... [i] think of the other uses this could have, especially for terrorists. This sort of thing could give more fuel to the fire for governments to try to crack down on the internet and create more of a big brother state where they are able to monitor everything and encryprion is outlawed. [/i] Terrorists, by being terrorists don't have to give up their freedom of speech. If governments want to monitor terrorist activity by randomly sifting through internet traffic... it's the goverments that are infringing upon your rights - On the other hand... if they are targetting a particular individual, and trying to access his information, they can prolly do it just as easily using a key logger or something like that... I daresay that these terrorists haven't been using Windows Update on their registered copy of Windows 2000. Also, the government could use M$ to work with them in adding confidential security holes in all copies of Windows YP so that they can get easy access to the system if needed.
blah! I'm drunk anyhow.. so I hope that all that made some sorta coherent sense - Also, I'm sick of 90% of internet traffic having to go through the bleedin US (no offense).... DECENTRALIZATION!!!!!!!!!!!!! should be the highest priority!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is entirely upto the programmer. If he does it right load times can be as small as 30 seconds for a really rich flash document, as Flash MX now supports streaming audio and images that can be loaded from the server directly. MX also has new support for video (Sorenson) and is now at a very exciting stage.
Btw a basic (text) flash document wil actually be smaller in size than a similar HTML document, and security for the content is also better than basic HTML..
Slashdot Mirror
This looks a touch more dangerous :) :
r eI Dx=43C85F27-CC0B-43E0-9C96-F6C36A6219CE
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/newstand/re.aspx?
(free reg required)
I wonder if fossil fuels can be created with a similar process.. That would be a touch more useful for our immediate needs...
As a person living in India for the greater part pf 6 months in a year: :P
a)Number of people that I know who use Linux (other than myself) : 0
b)Number of companies that I know who use Linux : 0; who use Solaris : 2 (but these are both networking companies.
c)Percentage of people who have and use a windows box as their primary machine : ~100% - not too many Mac users here...
d)Percentage of people who have a legal copy of Windows - ~20%
e)Percentage of people who use legal software : ~10%
In India, Windows IS free...
However I must say that more and more people are beginning to know and understand what Linux is. So... who knows..
SVG is still a standard? :o I thought that it lost the battle, war, and it's ability to procreate to SWF... Has anyone actually come across anything that is SVG based? In fact, I wonder how many people here actually knew what SVG was before reading this article...
More groundbreaking news might be the impending release of Macromedia Flash 7 a.k.a Macromedia Flash 2004 a.k.a Matador (for designers) and Toreador (for developers). The beta is out! Check this french translation for some info and this for the screenshot.
Have a good one...I would suggest logging EVERYTHING. Give your ISP a chance to rectify matters. Follow their advice to the letter. Push them a bit-urge them a bit.
:P
If you still aren't satisfied, inform them that you will be contacting the press, and ask them cordialy to prepare tehmselves for some negative publicity.
Then call up 10 newspapers, and computeresque magazines and ask tehm if they would be interested in hearing your story. Get some cheap webspace and put everything up there.
*shrug* Most ISPs don't move their arses unless their arses are at risk
laterz....
Maybe it's because politicians are more likely to use mobile phones rather than email... hence consider it a serious problem ;P Pre-emptive due to shameless self-interest?
heh
lol and a nuclear exchange between... the US/Japan and North Korea will make their economies rosier? Anyways, the two countries in question do realise the power of a nuclear weapon... which is why they have 'em :P
:)
Here's to hoping the USD value doubles in the next week or so... I'm expecting my pay cheque
I think that the biggest plus point in outsourcing work (not necessarily IT) to India other than cheap skilled labour is the fact that most indians speak English. China is devoting a lot of resources to get it's population up to speed in this matter, but has a long way to go yet... But a Linux Desktop for $850.. who tf is going to buy that crap? unless they expect a sharp drop in the dollar from Rs.47 to Rs 24, I don't see anything groundbreaking happening... :/
Besides all software is free in India. I noticed Windows 98 SE CDs for sale on the footpath for about $3 the last time I was here...
And there's not been a peep out of the makers of the Simputer (also reviewed at /.)
later...
"Changes: Sat May 31 19:37:25 CDT 2003. Slashdotting. Make attack files gzipped. Also made the destionation points of the slashdot links point to holder pages. (Why oh why didn't they link to this page directly, which has the info people want, instead of the actual paper?)"
Now tell me... wtf does the political or religious orientation of India have to do with it's possible adoption of OSS?
I sometimes wonder where tf people like you crawl out from...
-A Religious Fanatic (sic)
P.S No offense intended to anybody except the original poster...
"The major problem they are facing at the moment imho is probably a lack of qualified IT people, but give them time, and they will surely be there"
;P
You mean that all the qualified indians are in America?
Well, I don't know about 115,200. I believe the advertised bandwidth is for 64kbps initially, so what you are reporting is probably just the port speed. But Reliance is in this quagmire primarily due to political and competitive disputes. Reliance has to deal with BSNL (one of it's primary competitors) for access to landlines so that it can fulfil it's marketing promises of providing Rs.0.40 ($0.009) a minute STD a.k.a National (primarily interstate) calls. But the deal was never fully completed or ratified. Coupled with a few other bureaucratic tangles, this has put Reliance in a rather unenviable position... Reliance Industries is one of the largest companies in Asia, with it's primary presence being in the Petroleum industry. But regardless, I'd rather see more discussion on the state of broadband in India... which is pitiful at best and horribly expensive at worst. In India, standard broadband = 64kbps DSL or cable. Standard charges are about Rs.2000(USD45)/month for untimed night time connectivity, with a datacap of 1GB per month. *sigh* Landline phone calls are metered at exorbitant rates which makes dialup prohibitively expensive as well... :/
[i]Bare with me, I do have a point.[/i]
....
I'm most certainly not going to bare anything! And you shouldn't either!
But anyhoo...
[i]
think of the other uses this could have, especially for terrorists. This sort of thing could give more fuel to the fire for governments to try to crack down on the internet and create more of a big brother state where they are able to monitor everything and encryprion is outlawed.
[/i]
Terrorists, by being terrorists don't have to give up their freedom of speech. If governments want to monitor terrorist activity by randomly sifting through internet traffic... it's the goverments that are infringing upon your rights - On the other hand... if they are targetting a particular individual, and trying to access his information, they can prolly do it just as easily using a key logger or something like that... I daresay that these terrorists haven't been using Windows Update on their registered copy of Windows 2000. Also, the government could use M$ to work with them in adding confidential security holes in all copies of Windows YP so that they can get easy access to the system if needed.
blah! I'm drunk anyhow.. so I hope that all that made some sorta coherent sense - Also, I'm sick of 90% of internet traffic having to go through the bleedin US (no offense)
DECENTRALIZATION!!!!!!!!!!!!! should be the highest priority!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hats off to IIP...
-SirDude
Hats back on now...
There's also an interesting article here which has been previously mentioned on Slashdot, that might be worth a read. Cheers.
That is entirely upto the programmer. If he does it right load times can be as small as 30 seconds for a really rich flash document, as Flash MX now supports streaming audio and images that can be loaded from the server directly. MX also has new support for video (Sorenson) and is now at a very exciting stage. Btw a basic (text) flash document wil actually be smaller in size than a similar HTML document, and security for the content is also better than basic HTML..