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On Sep 3, 2011, at 13:59, sivakumar bharadhwaj calms...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Mr. Senthil,
Have we ever done (better) - when we are forced to do something with.
Linux - have evolved (I feel) - not because of somebody forced us to
use with ...
- it was more of
From: kenneth gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com
To: ilugc@ae.iitm.ac.in
Sent: Monday, 5 September 2011 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ilugc] TN Govt says No to Linux - issues new tender
On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 10:47 +0530, K.P. Senthil Kumar wrote:
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011
On Tue, 2011-09-06 at 11:44 +0530, R Rajendhran wrote:
Thanks for those IIT Students
which IIT students?
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Kenneth Gonsalves
Read the link. You will be clarified.
not clarified - I do not see anything to show that this was the work of IIT
students - credit
goes to FSFTN
On 5 September 2011 10:47, kenneth gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote:
which IIT students?
quote from the first comment Srujan Kumar Executive Committee
Member, FSFTN IIT Madras
What you have put up is great news. However, this decision has not
been made just because some IIT students
Dear Chandan,
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:47 AM, K.P. Senthil Kumar
sekumar...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Chandan Gupta
gupta.chand...@gmail.comwrote:
I just wrote a blog post about it :)
http://www.linuxcandy.com/2011/09/minister-for-it-tamil-nadu-clarifies.html
I
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 12:27 PM, srujan kumar srujankuma...@gmail.comwrote:
Dear Chandan,
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:47 AM, K.P. Senthil Kumar
sekumar...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Chandan Gupta gupta.chand...@gmail.com
wrote:
I just wrote a blog post about it :)
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Raman.P raam...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
Today's The Hindu carries clarification by the Minister for IT, TN has
clarified that the laptops will be loaded with BOSS by ELCOT itself. I think
all of us should be happy.
Raman.P
blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/
I am curious to know if the Govt would also provide free Internet access to
the students. If not, many would not afford to have access to Internet at
all. That would also mean when they use windows, the antivirus software
will
not receive updates but the laptops will receive a steady supply
On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 10:47 +0530, K.P. Senthil Kumar wrote:
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Chandan Gupta
gupta.chand...@gmail.comwrote:
I just wrote a blog post about it :)
http://www.linuxcandy.com/2011/09/minister-for-it-tamil-nadu-clarifies.html
Thanks for those IIT Students
Dear Mr. Senthil,
Have we ever done (better) - when we are forced to do something with.
Linux - have evolved (I feel) - not because of somebody forced us to
use with ...
- it was more of people wanting to do more, which they are not able to
(or with more difficulty) some thing ...
The scene in
Our discussions are crap till we reach out to the right people. I.e., how
many people contacted the right people specified in the first few emails in
the same thread
On Sep 3, 2011 12:22 AM, K.P. Senthil Kumar sekumar...@gmail.com wrote:
The sufferer is the students
I think the sufferer will
[off topic - DO not read if you are easily offended]
This 90 crore might be well spend on starving kids and kids who require
medical care
God forbid, What would have happened if our parents had invested all their
money for OUR future health care instead of education and deprived us of our
IIT
This 90 crore might be well spend on starving kids and kids who require
medical care
God forbid, What would have happened if our parents had invested all
their
money for OUR future health care instead of education and deprived us of
our
IIT or BITS pilani or BE education !! citing
Yes the dying child will be saved but that child will still be one notch
down in the society when compared to other so called elite children who
were fortunate to have parents who could afford both health care and
education.
Anyways, see, this also adds to my case. We as a society is this
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Arun SAG saga...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't understand this However we did not feel that he can amend the
decision., Do you mean, He cannot amend the tender, because he is not
behind the tender or as he cannot amend it as it has been already out?
After all
Just curious: Why is Red Hat not raising a hue and cry over this? After all
they are a commercial entity and they are an adversely affected party! They
also have the experience and clout in lobbying!
regds,
mano
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In today's paper, there is an article on the same, although it claims
the change is due to a price difference,
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http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2419753.ece
The plan to install Linux (Tamil) software has been scrapped, as per
the new proposal. “We
Government's policy can be challenged in Courts. Recently, the hon'ble
Supreme Court issued notice to TN Govt on the freebies as promised in the
election manifesto.
On Sep 3, 2011 11:23 AM, Arun Venkataswamy arun...@gmail.com wrote:
I hope the courts help in pulling out this entire thing of free laptops.
+1
There's all probability that a vast majority of these laptops will end up
being used for totally unrelated purposes - games, music, movies, and porn.
On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 16:23 +0530, Raja Subramanian wrote:
There's all probability that a vast majority of these laptops will end
up
being used for totally unrelated purposes - games, music, movies, and
porn.
it is through these 4 purposes that people become computer literate.
--
regards
FSFTN condemns Govt move to drop FOSS operating system from the free
laptops.
Please read
http://fsftn.org/content/we-condemn-act-removing-free-software-latest-tender-free-laptop-scheme
--
Thank you,
Shanu S Sukoor
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On Saturday 03 September 2011 04:23 PM, Raja Subramanian wrote:
On Sep 3, 2011 11:23 AM, Arun Venkataswamyarun...@gmail.com wrote:
I hope the courts help in pulling out this entire thing of free laptops.
+1
There's all probability that a vast majority of these laptops will end up
being used
On 03-09-2011 16:31, kenneth gonsalves wrote:
On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 16:23 +0530, Raja Subramanian wrote:
There's all probability that a vast majority of these laptops will end
up
being used for totally unrelated purposes - games, music, movies, and
porn.
it is through these 4 purposes that
Today's The Hindu carries clarification by the Minister for IT, TN has
clarified that the laptops will be loaded with BOSS by ELCOT itself. I think
all of us should be happy.
Raman.P
blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/
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On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Raman.P raam...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
Today's The Hindu carries clarification by the Minister for IT, TN has
clarified that the laptops will be loaded with BOSS by ELCOT itself. I think
all of us should be happy.
I just wrote a blog post about it :)
http://www.linuxcandy.com/2011/09/minister-for-it-tamil-nadu-clarifies.html
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Raman.P raam...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
Today's The
Happy to hear
Off from home
On Sep 3, 2011 11:05 PM, Raman.P raam...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
Today's The Hindu carries clarification by the Minister for IT, TN has
clarified that the laptops will be loaded with BOSS by ELCOT itself. I think
all of us should be happy.
Raman.P
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Chandan Gupta gupta.chand...@gmail.comwrote:
I just wrote a blog post about it :)
http://www.linuxcandy.com/2011/09/minister-for-it-tamil-nadu-clarifies.html
Thanks for those IIT Students others who made this to happen.Without your
efforts this would not
Dr. Santosh Babu is now IT Secretary.
FSFTN team had a detailed discussion with him when the previous tender
was released. He seems to u9nderstand the depth of issue. However we
did not feel that he can amend the decision. we had handed over a
detailed document explaining the advantages siting
FSFTN team had a detailed discussion with him when the previous tender
was released. He seems to u9nderstand the depth of issue. However we
did not feel that he can amend the decision.
I think Courts can look in to the issue and amend as appropriate.
Usually the Communist party understands these issues better. Perhaps making
a representation to Nallakannu would help!!
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I think Courts can look in to the issue and amend as appropriate.
I am not sure whether this can be challenged in court. This is a
policy issue of the government.
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Thank you,
Shanu S Sukoor
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Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Shanu shan...@gmail.com wrote:
I am not sure whether this can be challenged in court. This is a
policy issue of the government.
May be under some clause like this is not a proper tender since it blocked
all but one company to begin with?
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அகிலன் (Akilan R)
I am not sure whether this can be challenged in court. This is a
policy issue of the government.
-
Government's policy can be challenged in Courts. Recently, the hon'ble
Supreme Court issued notice to TN Govt on the freebies as promised in the
election manifesto.
Sir(s),
I feel the one thing that can happen by challenging through court is :
this tender gets delayed for atleast 6 months.
I think this will help the government - particularly the C.M. of TN,
since she can get more time on this Freebie, and can escape (not
necessarily 'escape' ) but can get a
The sufferer is the students
It would be definetely better to do something like our Linexpert
Systems - Mr. Bhaskar - where we could educate more on this to the
actual users - who if they find this better, can always install Linux
later, and inform the govt, for the next lot to change the specs.
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Shanu shan...@gmail.com wrote:
FSFTN team had a detailed discussion with him when the previous tender
was released. He seems to u9nderstand the depth of issue. However we
did not feel that he can amend the decision.
I don't understand this However we did not
--- On Sat, 3/9/11, Akilan R akila...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Akilan R akila...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Ilugc] TN Govt says No to Linux - issues new tender
To: ILUG-C ilugc@ae.iitm.ac.in
Date: Saturday, 3 September, 2011, 9:43 AM
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Shanu
shan...@gmail.com
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Arun SAG saga...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Shanu shan...@gmail.com wrote:
FSFTN team had a detailed discussion with him when the previous tender
was released. He seems to u9nderstand the depth of issue. However we
did not feel that
The sufferer is the students
I think the sufferer will comprise Students, Common man by paying more taxes
( in some way or other) , and more importantly the Linux.
Why linux will suffer?
It is due to the Windows comfort the students get. Since they are
comfortable with one OS then they reject
Government's policy can be challenged in Courts. Recently, the hon'ble
Supreme Court issued notice to TN Govt on the freebies as promised in the
election manifesto.
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 10:51 AM, K.P. Senthil Kumar sekumar...@gmail.comwrote:
forced( yes) to use and learn Linux and Linux oriented applications like
openoffice etc. Majority over the period will be fan and followers of
Linux
and supported applications than Windows.
Any kind of
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote:
Do you not feel that your tax money is spent towards Linux in that case
? ( or well, more onto open source ) rather than contributing it all
into the select pockets of specific vendors
[Off Topic] [and nothing
Dear Mr. Senthil,
Have we ever done (better) - when we are forced to do something with.
Linux - have evolved (I feel) - not because of somebody forced us to
use with ...
- it was more of people wanting to do more, which they are not able to
(or with more difficulty) some thing ...
The scene in
On 08/31/2011 06:33 PM, Krishnan Sethuraman wrote:
Hi
I feel we should concentrate more Linux than on Govt's stand.
Do you not feel that your tax money is spent towards Linux in that case
? ( or well, more onto open source ) rather than contributing it all
into the select pockets of
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Arun SAG saga...@gmail.com wrote:
2011/8/31 రహ్మానుద్దీన్ షేక్ nani1o...@gmail.com
Can we do anything for this?
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Yes, You can send an email to Dr. Santhosh babu IAS chairman of ELCOT.
The
contact
Hi,
According to http://www.muktware.com/news/2382 , TN Govt has scrapped the
old tender and issued a new tender to buy only Microsoft products.
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http://zer0c00l.in/
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Can we do anything for this?
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Arun SAG saga...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
According to http://www.muktware.com/news/2382 , TN Govt has scrapped the
old tender and issued a new tender to buy only Microsoft products.
--
Arun S.A.G
http://zer0c00l.in/
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Arun SAG saga...@gmail.com wrote:
According to http://www.muktware.com/news/2382 , TN Govt has scrapped the
old tender and issued a new tender to buy only Microsoft products.
Too bad. Also a close reading shows that not only they removed Linux dual
boot, but
2011/8/31 రహ్మానుద్దీన్ షేక్ nani1o...@gmail.com
Can we do anything for this?
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Yes, You can send an email to Dr. Santhosh babu IAS chairman of ELCOT. The
contact numbers and email addresses are here in this document
Also I hope you already know about these avenues for redressal
http://rti.india.gov.in/rti_direct_complaint_lodging.php
http://pgportal.gov.in/Grievance.aspx
You can be as anonymous or as detailed as you want
Chris
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TN Govt has scrapped the old tender and issued a new tender to buy only
Microsoft products.
Surprising to note that ELCOT promotes Open Source.
http://www.elcot.in/open_source.php . Why Elcot changed their stance of
using Dual boot OS to Windows only may have other reasons apart from the
Hi
I feel we should concentrate more Linux than on Govt's stand.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:12 PM, K.P. Senthil Kumar
sekumar...@gmail.comwrote:
TN Govt has scrapped the old tender and issued a new tender to buy only
Microsoft products.
Surprising to note that ELCOT promotes Open
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