Food for thought:
If these guys promote Linux, who will sponser the dinner and the drinks ?
I don't want to be any more candid, but that is what our professional
societies are today.
- Soumya
----- Original Message -----
From: Sudhir Gandotra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [LIH] nasscom hosted in RH Linux
> The trouble is the mentality. All these guys look where the money is;
> secondly where prestige is. Linux demands down-to-earth honest and
> hardworking if they want to promote it. Do you think these guys are
> better than the 'present-day-politicians'. Not in my opinion.
> So, don't espect anything positive from them. They would have gone for a
> linux based server for their site-hosting just looking at the price
> only. I am almost sure they are not even aware of the advantages of
> using linux, or worst, not even about its existence as on OS being used
> by millions around the world.
>
> Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> > Hi
> > Rather making promo of linux, he can push open source solution as answer
to
> > piracy. IMHO piracy in India is largely due to price tags in dollars and
> > unawareness about alternatives like open source...
> >
> > > The server hosting NASSCOM is running on Redhat Linux!!! But
> > > surprisingly, there is no official promotion of Linux from
> > > Nasscom....... Will Dewang Mehta make any promo of Linux??
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