On Monday 07 May 2001 15:09, Sudhir Gandotra wrote:
> Wired article on Argentina:
>
> Argentina may become the first country in the world to require all
> government offices to use open-source software, pending the outcome of a
> bill recently introduced in the nation's congress.
I guess Mexico, France and China were also in the same league.
> Maybe, we need to launch a strong Linux advocacy effort in India !
> Anyone interested in such an effort ? Let's start discussing the
> implementation of such an effort.
On LIG, of course. But we won't be able to convince the government. It takes
money you know, to get something inside it. And that's what we don't have.
Why care? There are enough people who will be forced to use linux for it's
functionality. And as usual more than 80% of them will be retained in the
linux community. Wait and watch.
I remember Atul Chitnis saying, 'Being free, is not the seventh of the seven
reasons why linux is getting popular' in one of it's PCQ articles.
Government is a different and very dirty ball game. I would like to keep away
from that monstrous entity...
Shridhar
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