good idea but pls in future try to use proper grammer nad organization so that it scould be better readable.
neer, IMT-2000, CDOT Delhi "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" 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 Click onthe image to chat with me _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
