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* LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI
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On Friday 03 January 2003 09:34 pm, Nikhil Karkera wrote:
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> * LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI
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> On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 Nikhil Joshi wrote :
> >Come on who are we kidding?
> >Do these ppl really care (and why should they?) if theres Linux
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> As long as pirated s/w is around, maybe it isn't practical to
> expect home users, and other laymen to shift to free s/w (atleast
> not very easily), even if it's a better alternative. But you can't
> extend the same rules to government establishments.
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> Are there any statistics over how much money drains out of India
> on proprietary s/w every year?
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But also how much money comes into India, many of the projects of big
software companies do develop software in india. Adobe, microsoft, and many
more develop software in india. They provide opprtunities to many developers
in India. Today india is probably the only country in the world who is making
profit in the software industry. There is a down time still in the US and the
developed countries where as india is making huge profits by providing
cheaper development center for many of these big companies.
I actually have never understood this acpect of OSS/FS. How can it help in
increasing employment?
Flames > /dev/null, but do enligten me. Thanks.
> Warm Regards,
> Nikhil Karkera.
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Amish K. Munshi
In GNU we Trust.
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