On 7/2/07, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 10:27:51 +0530, Anand Shankar > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > I believe FOSS gained significant acceptance worldwide due to > > patronage and a strategic corporate policy of such majors as IBM,
> As an outsider, I find this curious that this is so very > different from the genesis of free software; where free software > started, grew, and flourished in the developer/IT/CS community before > it was grudgingly acknowledged by major companies. > > Interestingly, the focus in this forum seems to be mostly on > business acceptance, not on community/educational institution > deployment; which is different from the places where free software was > born. > I acknowledge the genesis and roots of FOSS and "where free software started, grew, and flourished in the developer/IT/CS community before it was grudgingly acknowledged by major companies." This is good for development, but for widespread application we need to 'go beyond' "developer/IT/CS" community. The major companies should not "grudgingly acknowledge", but willingly strategise using FOSS. This is when "larger acceptance" happens. anand _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
