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On Saturday 02 August 2003 16:06, you wrote: > hi all, > i am sending this here coz i cud not find a place to > post it on ilug-d site & i REALLY wanted to share this > with u all. read on & feast ur mind on this... > > > “You look everything but you see only what you want to > SEE.” > > Never really believed in this until I joined an > organization a few days ago (39 days to be exact). > This organization deals with research and > implementation of free / open source software. The > concept has been there for quite a few years now but > never gave it a thought. A friend has been an active > member of ILUG-D, Prateek Khanna, a few of u may know > him ;o). He tried to explain the whole concept > n-number of times but a dud brain like mine couldn’t > grasp the idea. And yes, an idea can change your life. > It did, once I tried to look in to the matters myself, > seriously. I am working with one such firm that is in > to promoting the idea (and at times, !dea ). Coming > back to the quotation I started with, You see what you > want to see… suddenly I see that there are so many > magazines, journals, white papers all over the > internet and in print media that serve the purpose of > software freedom. The latest issues of PC Quest, Linux > for you… you name any software magazine and its filled > with articles that talk pro freedom of software. Guys > like you are also doing a great job. My work is > basically to “enlighten” people (yes, there are people > in the real world who have no idea that there are > softwares besides the ones provided by Microsoft). To > distribute knowledge you need to have some yourself. > So I log on to google.com and search “free software” > and get 2,480,000 in 0.11 seconds (this is just the > list of articles and write ups), and a search result > of 20,600 in 0.27 seconds for “Linux user groups”. > PHEW! I was zapped. Free software is there for FREE. A > normal human brain would call it free of cost. But a > genius one like mine (contradicting my own statement > of it being a dud) knows that it’s the idea that’s > free. The concept of freedom of speech, freedom of > thought, freedom to decide is same as this one. No > strings attached. The best part is that we are not > working against or with any one in particular. The > general conception is, “Ok so you are into promoting > Linux and you are condemning Microsoft?” No way, the > theme here is to provide the user with the “freedom”, > to let the programmer, the hacker inside you, free. > So, let the white pigeon fly, cut the red ribbon, > unveil the stone and enter a new era where all are > benefited from the geek minds. As I would like to put > it; Use – reuse, recycle!!! > > > warm regards > pd > > PS:- luv is the essence of everything beautiful. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
