[ilugd] Evaluating submissions to Freed-2007

2007-06-15 Thread Sudev Barar
In the last planning meeting for Freed2007 I had take the responsibility of checking out feasibility of having independent jury of experts - outside of committee planning Freed - to vet the list of submissions / talks to the conference. The rationale behind this system of papers / talks selection i

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft and Linspire reach interop, IP deal

2007-06-15 Thread Sudev Barar
On 16/06/07, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 16 June 2007 10:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [snip] > > wonder what will happen when some american patents the googly > > They'll stop playing cricket in America? Seriously going off topic but Now if only I could know how to

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft and Linspire reach interop, IP deal

2007-06-15 Thread Raj Mathur
On Saturday 16 June 2007 10:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [snip] > wonder what will happen when some american patents the googly They'll stop playing cricket in America? -- Raj Mathur           [EMAIL PROTECTED]   http://kandalaya.org/        GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5  0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft and Linspire reach interop, IP deal

2007-06-15 Thread lawgon
Quoting Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 16/06/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 16-Jun-07, at 2:50 AM, vivek khurana wrote: > > > > >> before you start insulting lawyers recall that the > > >> source for the > > >> practice of the legal profession has been free for

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft and Linspire reach interop, IP deal

2007-06-15 Thread Sudev Barar
On 16/06/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 16-Jun-07, at 2:50 AM, vivek khurana wrote: > > >> before you start insulting lawyers recall that the > >> source for the > >> practice of the legal profession has been free for > >> centuries now. No > >> lawyer patents his innovativ

Re: [ilugd] Acer launches Rs 20k laptop - Runs Linux

2007-06-15 Thread Sudev Barar
On 16/06/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 16-Jun-07, at 3:10 AM, Lokesh Bhog wrote: > > > Acer Aspire 3680 series uses a Celeron M 430 (1.73 GHz) and above; > > system memory of 256 mb; and a 14.1" widescreen and combo drive. Of > > course, it does not have Windows, but runs

Re: [ilugd] Acer launches Rs 20k laptop - Runs Linux

2007-06-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 16-Jun-07, at 3:10 AM, Lokesh Bhog wrote: > Acer Aspire 3680 series uses a Celeron M 430 (1.73 GHz) and above; > system memory of 256 mb; and a 14.1" widescreen and combo drive. Of > course, it does not have Windows, but runs on Linux operating system. omg - who will buy it then? -- r

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft and Linspire reach interop, IP deal

2007-06-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 16-Jun-07, at 2:50 AM, vivek khurana wrote: >> before you start insulting lawyers recall that the >> source for the >> practice of the legal profession has been free for >> centuries now. No >> lawyer patents his innovative arguments. > > I dont think arguments are patentable entities, are >

Re: [ilugd] Acer launches Rs 20k laptop - Runs Linux

2007-06-15 Thread Sudev Barar
On 16/06/07, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > neither the link, nor the acer site mentions which gnulinux distro they offer. > the site mentions the shipped os as 'Linux' > a kernel is an os. that explains the price-drop... Normally they preload some command line Linux distro fro

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft and Linspire reach interop, IP deal

2007-06-15 Thread Sudev Barar
On 16/06/07, vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > before you start insulting lawyers recall that the > > source for the > > practice of the legal profession has been free for > > centuries now. No > > lawyer patents his innovative arguments. > > I dont think arguments are patentable en

Re: [ilugd] Acer launches Rs 20k laptop - Runs Linux

2007-06-15 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] neither the link, nor the acer site mentions which gnulinux distro they offer. the site mentions the shipped os as 'Linux' a kernel is an os. that explains the price-drop... g,d,r :-) n ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http:

[ilugd] Acer launches Rs 20k laptop - Runs Linux

2007-06-15 Thread Lokesh Bhog
BANGALORE: Country's third largest PC vendor Acer India has broken the laptop price barrier by launching the cheapest entry-level notebook - Aspire 3680 series - at Rs 19,999. Acer Aspire 3680 series uses a Celeron M 430 (1.73 GHz) and above; system memory of 256 mb; and a 14.1" widescreen a

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft and Linspire reach interop, IP deal

2007-06-15 Thread vivek khurana
> > before you start insulting lawyers recall that the > source for the > practice of the legal profession has been free for > centuries now. No > lawyer patents his innovative arguments. I dont think arguments are patentable entities, are they ? regards VK Engineers normally have problem

[ilugd] ILUG-D activity in last 7 days

2007-06-15 Thread nkapoor
Fri 15-Jun-2007: ILUG-D activity in last 7 days: = New/recent events: 0 Total events: 69 = New Discussion forum postings: 0 Total postings: 939 ===

[ilugd] Stanley Thomas' blog: GNU/Linux Performance Tweaks

2007-06-15 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ्र ेडरिक नोरो न्या]
http://perfector.wordpress.com/ Linux Performance Tweaks Not too long ago my boss and myself came up with a wise idea to make a list of all the linux tweaks usually done to improve the performance of a linux system. The idea has been taken to a higher level and each and every silly possible change

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft and Linspire reach interop, IP deal

2007-06-15 Thread G Karunakar
On 6/15/07, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12896/53/ > > Microsoft and Linspire have tied the knot with a deal aimed at improving > > interoperability between Windows and the Linux distribution while also > > offering Linspire users the chance

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft and Linspire reach interop, IP deal

2007-06-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 15-Jun-07, at 2:53 PM, Linux Lingam wrote: > lawyers defeat lawyers. > no technology here. move on to the next century. before you start insulting lawyers recall that the source for the practice of the legal profession has been free for centuries now. No lawyer patents his innovative argu

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft and Linspire reach interop, IP deal

2007-06-15 Thread Linux Lingam
> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12896/53/ > Microsoft and Linspire have tied the knot with a deal aimed at improving > interoperability between Windows and the Linux distribution while also > offering Linspire users the chance to buy into "patent covenants" - [snip] excellent! only t

[ilugd] Fwd: Open Source Software Camp Delhi 2007

2007-06-15 Thread Raj Mathur
This is around Freed, and Kinshuk is open to discussing whether we can synergise the two event together (ph33r my l33t corpspeak sk1llz!). Kinshuk, you may like to join the ILUGD mailing list and participate more fully in the discussions. In the meantime, request everyone to CC Kinshuk any rel

[ilugd] Fwd: [users] AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

2007-06-15 Thread দাশ
-- Forwarded message -- From: Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jun 15, 2007 4:09 AM Subject: [users] AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux To: I wrote to AMD regarding the state of ATI Linux drivers and the company's view of the Linux community. This is the response I got