Yea we have to do !!!!
On 23 July 2012 13:11, 张桢 <izar...@gmail.com> wrote: > hm..what can we do ? > > > 2012/7/23 Anush Anil kumar <anush...@gmail.com> > >> Its a waste of money in all ways, why spend a lot in those craps made >> from some company that can't even support a super computer. >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Mathew Roy <mathewroy...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> This is really unfortunate. We must do something against this!. It is >>> pure wastage of money.. >>> >>> >>> On 3 July 2012 14:14, V. Sasi Kumar <sasi....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Friends, >>>> >>>> Today's newspaper says that the state government is discussing with >>>> Microsoft for collaborating in education, e-governance and what-not. >>>> This is supposed to bring transparency into governance. But this >>>> discussion itself appears very opaque. It is not at all clear what is >>>> wrong with the present system that uses Free Software in education. And >>>> it is strange that they think that Microsoft can bring transparency into >>>> e-governance. The result will be that the government will pay tons of >>>> money to the company as licence fees since all schools will have to >>>> migrate back to Windoze et al. Moreover, all teachers will have to be >>>> retrained, textbooks will have to be rewritten, and worst of all, it >>>> would be virtually impossible to bring Free Software back not only into >>>> schools but also into higher education. It is to be remembered that >>>> many, if not most research labs in India use GNU/Linux for their >>>> scientific computation and most advertisements for positions in these >>>> labs ask for knowledge of GNU/Linux and some scripting languages. So, >>>> will this mean that our students won't find it easy to apply for these >>>> positions? Finally, the national education policy itself speaks about >>>> encouraging Free Software and sharing. So where is the need to go to >>>> Microsoft now? >>>> >>>> Friends, we need to do something about this. I know that with this >>>> government, it won't be easy to push for Free Software, but we certainly >>>> cannot remain silent spectators to this looting. >>>> >>>> It would be good if someone can start a representation to the government >>>> and post it to the group or a wiki, so that others can work on it as we >>>> used to do and send it to the Chief Minister, Education Minister and >>>> others. And, perhaps, we can start a media campaign too. Ideas welcome. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Sasi >>>> -- >>>> V. 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