On 05/07/2002 08:07 AM, did Raju Mathur write (doodah! doodah!):
>>>>>>"Thaths" == Sudhakar Chandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thaths> What is the point of passing laws in a country where there
> Thaths> are always ways of side-stepping them, or worse still,
> Thaths> ignoring them? Grassroots level activism is what will
> Thaths> help, IMO. All the effort spent in talking to the
> Thaths> politicians could be spent well in your local schools and
> Thaths> colleges and offices educating people on why Linux works
> Thaths> (not 'why it is the ONE religion' or 'why it is cool' or
> Thaths> 'why M$ sucks'). One might find it surprising that people
> Thaths> listen to common sense.
> How about a simple legislation which requires all government software
> purchase to be free (as in open source) software unless the purchasing
> party can show cogent reasons why s/he needs to go in for proprietary
> software?
My point is why should it be legislated and then broken or ignored or
side-stepped? You can't order (which is essentially what legislation
is) people to do rational things. It would be better, IMO, to go upto a
rational purchaser and tell them why Open Source software makes sense etc.
Thaths
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