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On 21/05/07, Jason wrote: > do change. To be very crude - and not referring to > you- if i were to make my money at the Microsoft > Office in Seattle, buckets and buckets of it, I would > perhaps, also be inclined to argue for the setting up > of a Goa that corresponds to myth, and is set aside as > a place for vacation and my spiritual communing with What if ... you were a youngster in Goa, picked up tonnes of skills here via the Free Software world ... moved elsewhere to make some money ... (because of limited local market size) ... and then maybe came back to help build more skills, to ensure that Goa doesn't have to grow merely on extractive and destructive industries like mining or resource-intensive consumption-oriented tourism? Well, this isn't a dream... half of it is already happening. We need to take the skill-building process further. FN ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------
