-----Forwarded Message----- From: Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIG] WSIS delegates fail to agree on open-source 'support' Date: 28 Jan 2003 20:28:14 +0530
[Cross-posted Interesting, now there's a overt response from the US protecting MS and other proprietary software companies from the open source/free software bugbear! IMO we will see much more of this in the next few years -- the US will take more and more clear steps to try to promote MS at the cost of Linux and free software. I also envision their efforts failing miserably -- Raju] WSIS delegates fail to agree on open-source 'support' Draft was changed after objections by U.S. By Martyn Williams January 15, 2003 TOKYO -- A three-day meeting that brought together Asian governments, organizations, companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) ended Wednesday morning with the approval of a declaration that, among other things, calls for encouraging the development of open-source software. A draft of the declaration had called for open source to be "supported" but was changed after objections from the U.S. government delegation late Tuesday night. Full story at: http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/01/15/030115hnwsisos_1.html -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ It is the mind that moves ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Linux-india-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-general -- Sayamindu Dasgupta [ http://www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/ ] ========================================= Speak out on social and cultural issues at PeacefulAction.Org http://www.peacefulaction.org ***************************************** No plants or animals were killed in the process of sending this e mail. But a lot of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
