Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-27 Thread Pratul Kalia
First of all sorry for cross-posting the same query on so many lists. I read somewhere couple of days ago that Bill Gates actually got his source-code from some trash-bin or something like that or some part of it. Regards, Shirish Agarwal I have to say this. THIS IS SICK. Please don't

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-27 Thread Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ,--- Pratul Kalia writes: [snip] | I don't use F/OSS because commercial software (read: Windows) sucks. I You should've used *non-free* instead of commercial, FOSS can be sold, right ? - -- ·-- ·- ·--- ·- ···- ·- ·--·-· --· -- ·- ·· ·-··

[ilugd] Contact Details

2008-06-27 Thread Himanshu Yadav
Hi, I need contact details of Naba Kumar, winner of *Anjuta* project at Foss India Awards. Linux For You magz is offering Rs. 25,000 as a prize money to all the winners. It would be appreciated if anyone being in touch with him can pass forward this message or send his contact details asap.

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-27 Thread Pratul Kalia
| I don't use F/OSS because commercial software (read: Windows) sucks. I You should've used *non-free* instead of commercial, FOSS can be sold, right ? Yes, Ashish, you are right, I meant non-free (as in paid) :-) cheers pratul -- lut4rp = malloc (sizeof (pratul) dum vivimus, vivamus

Re: [ilugd] Looking for USB based SIP Phone

2008-06-27 Thread Karanbir Singh
Anand Shankar wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Karanbir Singh[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anand Shankar wrote: 3. Convenient to carry the phone along and use it from anywhere in the network. you only really need a sound device so any headset will do really. :D Actually most users do

Re: [ilugd] Contact Details

2008-06-27 Thread Shiv
--- On Fri, 27/6/08, Himanshu Yadav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Himanshu Yadav [EMAIL PROTECTED] It would be appreciated if anyone being in touch with him can pass forward this message or send his contact details asap. Last I heard, he used to be with Balzabar (Aradhana Apartments

Re: [ilugd] Have an idea you wanna show the world? Are you innovative enough to defeat others? If Yes then do spare a second for buggyBrains..

2008-06-27 Thread Shiv
do we want all of them posting their social networking site advertisements here? -- Raju No we don't. Anyways, thank god it was social networking. Could've been worse; like asking us to increase the girth of our sexual appendages with his snake oil!!! With Warm Regards, Shivkumar linux

Re: [ilugd] [OT/Humor] Interesting sig

2008-06-27 Thread Smruti
Good one. :) On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Sudev Barar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I picked this from some one signature line :-) The two basic principles of Windows system administration: For minor problems, reboot For major problems, reinstall -- Regards, Sudev Barar Read

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-27 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 27-Jun-08, at 1:24 PM, Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल wrote: | I don't use F/OSS because commercial software (read: Windows) sucks. I You should've used *non-free* instead of commercial, FOSS can be sold, right ? cant be sold - a service can be offered around foss. Note that all foss

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-27 Thread Raj Mathur
On Saturday 28 Jun 2008, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On 27-Jun-08, at 1:24 PM, Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल wrote: You should've used *non-free* instead of commercial, FOSS can be sold, right ? cant be sold - a service can be offered around foss. Note that all foss developers charge service tax