in Ooty we call these fellows 'vellaidorais' and we know how to handle them.
On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 04:26 -0500, Baskar Selvaraj wrote: > 2012/1/27 விக்னேஷ் நந்த குமார் (Vignesh Nandha Kumar) <viky.nan...@gmail.com>: > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:32 AM, kenneth gonsalves > > <law...@thenilgiris.com>wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 18:22 +0530, satyaakam goswami wrote: > >> > > 7. Ask him, if he need a laundry service (as he travel a lot, he may > >> > > need that) . > >> > > >> > Always say GNU/Linux when not referring to just Linux kernel . > >> > >> and say free software and not open source. > >> > > > > Not even FOSS. > > > > Dear all, > > I am pasting the reply here which I received from RMS 4 days ago reg. > the interview appeared in LFY and his views: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Richard Stallman.. > Jan 24 (4 days ago) > Richard Stallman r...@gnu.org to me > from Richard Stallman r...@gnu.org > reply-to r...@gnu.org > to Baskar Selvaraj <bas...@linuxpert.in> > date Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:50 AM > subject Re: Requesting your comment about the academic initiative in > Tamilnadu, INDIA > > > http://www.linuxforu.com/2011/09/baskar-selvaraj-interview-foss-power-in-170-tamil-college-labs/ > > RMS: > > It looks like you've achieved a lot, at the practical level. > > Do these labs teach the students the ethical ideas of the free > software movement? That is the next thing to do. > > Baskar: Though I have used the term Linux / FOSS in few places, > > RMS: Yes, it is disappointing. You could have said "GNU/Linux" and "free > software" yourself when answering the questions. > > Or did you do that, and they changed it? > > -- > Dr Richard Stallman > President, Free Software Foundation > 51 Franklin St > Boston MA 02110 > USA > www.fsf.org www.gnu.org > Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. > Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > S. Baskar > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
