On Sunday 04 Sep 2011, H.S.Rai wrote: > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Krittika <[email protected]> wrote: > > “ELCOT wishes to clarify that Linux Operating System will be made > > available to the vendors for preloading in laptops. > > Looks OK as such. BTW, how members of this list rate BOSS?
It looks OK up to the extent of giving a sop to the FOSS community. However: 1. The users will never boot Linux, so its presence is nothing but a charade. 2. Microsux will end up getting revenue from 24+ lakh (as per the Hindu report) Winduhs installations, which is what they wanted. I'd suspect a mutual back-scratching agreement between the powers-that-be and MS, but we all know our bureaucrats and politicians are incorruptible, so that scenario is unlikely. 3. With 2.4 million installations of BOSS, CDAC will be able to get another umpteen crore of funding from GoI. Everyone's happy except the FOSS community! Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur [email protected] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
