Here is the letter, (forgive my bad English) ----------------------------------------------------------------
To: [email protected] , <will be replaced by email id of SC> Subject: [NIC/TPS/2009/18] Why apple laptops with Windows XP for SC? Date: September 2009 Dear Sir, Recently we have come to know about your tender ( [NIC/TPS/2009/18] ), “Invitation of quotes for supply and installation of Apple Laptops for Supreme Court of India.” After reading the tender document it is noted that, specification for laptop computer system in “Annexure 1” mentions an proprietary operating system (windows xp) is needed to be shipped with the laptop. Shipping such operating systems with laptop incurs additional licensing (hidden) costs. You should be aware that our Government is looking for ways to cut costs because of the drought situation in our country. In this situation why NIC is spending additional costs on buying software?, when quality software is available for free of cost. These GNU/Linux operating system is freely shareable without needing to make any payment of license fee to any vendors. They are being used by millions of people all over the world. Why GNU/Linux was not considered in that tender? Organizations like ELCOT saved lot of tax payers money by switching their infrastructure to GNU/Linux operating systems. Thanks ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows. <-Fighting 4 Freedom->
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