Re: [ilugd] [OT] SMS provider

2009-03-14 Thread narendra sisodiya
have you checked smscountry ? -- ┌─┐ │Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │RD Engineer │Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org │Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a └─┘ ___ ilugd

[ilugd] Fiesty missing from Ubuntu (Fiesty 7.04) Archives?

2009-03-14 Thread Parijat Garg
Hi All, Of late, apt has started throwing 404 errors when I try to install stuff. When I tried to investigate, it seemed that fiesty seems to be missing altogether from the archives. (http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/). Even the main archive doesn't seem to have fiesty. The older

[ilugd] LINUX B DAY

2009-03-14 Thread sarath babu.mg
is it LINUX B'DAY ? http://i.gizmodo.com/5169216/happy-15th-birthday-linux ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi

Re: [ilugd] Fiesty missing from Ubuntu (Fiesty 7.04) Archives?

2009-03-14 Thread Vivek Kapoor
On Sat 14 Mar 2009 12:59:25 PM IST, Parijat Garg parijatg...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Of late, apt has started throwing 404 errors when I try to install stuff. When I tried to investigate, it seemed that fiesty seems to be missing altogether from the archives.

[ilugd] BJP accepts key sections of the FOSS Manifesto

2009-03-14 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
Dear Friends, Key sections of the FOSS manifesto (Point # 1 on FOSS in education, # 4 on open standards, #5 on encouraging freely shareable, FOSS based knowledge repositories like Wikipedia in Indian languages), have been strongly articulated in the BJP's IT vision document that was unveiled

Re: [ilugd] [OT] SMS provider

2009-03-14 Thread Gaurav Mishra
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Raj Mathur r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: Hi, Anyone know a good SMS gateway provider for India?  Should be reliable and preferably not a spammer.  The more API options the better. Used znisms for a couple of projects. So far so good. http://www.znisms.com

Re: [ilugd] [OT] SMS provider

2009-03-14 Thread abhishek jain
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Gaurav Mishra gauravtec...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Raj Mathur r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: Hi, Anyone know a good SMS gateway provider for India? Should be reliable and preferably not a spammer. The more API options the better.

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD (society) as a funding umbrella for FOSS development

2009-03-14 Thread Anupam Jain
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Andrew Lynn lynn.and...@gmail.com wrote: This is to seed discussion on a proposal to add a function to the ILUGD society: That of a funding umbrella for community FOSS based development Background: (Personal opinion) (1) The FOSS community is made up of a

Re: [ilugd] BJP accepts key sections of the FOSS Manifesto

2009-03-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
And the pink papers are appropriately shocked. See http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Microsoft-top-telcos-may-be-hit-if-BJP-comes-to-power/articleshow/4266133.cms Top posting because I am not replying to Venky, but saying something related to his posted. :-) Venkatesh Hariharan

Re: [ilugd] BJP accepts key sections of the FOSS Manifesto

2009-03-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Replying to my own post!!! l-( paiva...@gmail.com (Mahesh T. Pai) writes: And the pink papers are appropriately shocked. Same event, covered in another business paper (not a pink paper). http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/03/15/stories/2009031551170100.htm -- Mahesh T. Pai

Re: [ilugd] BJP accepts key sections of the FOSS Manifesto

2009-03-14 Thread Raj Mathur
On Saturday 14 Mar 2009, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: Key sections of the FOSS manifesto (Point # 1 on FOSS in education, # 4 on open standards, #5 on encouraging freely shareable, FOSS based knowledge repositories like Wikipedia in Indian languages), have been strongly articulated in the BJP's

Re: [ilugd] BJP accepts key sections of the FOSS Manifesto

2009-03-14 Thread Pradeepto Bhattacharya
Hi, On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Raj Mathur r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: Being the cynic that I am, I'm not sure how much of this would actually see the light of day if the BJP does come into power, but given the the choice between 2 (or n) evils, I'd rather choose the evil that at least

Re: [ilugd] BJP accepts key sections of the FOSS Manifesto

2009-03-14 Thread Raj Mathur
On Sunday 15 Mar 2009, Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote: I am still trying to do that math. What good would FOSS do to me, if my family/female-members are not secure and are attacked based on what they wear and where they choose to go? ah well... this can be a long rant and I guess this is not the

Re: [ilugd] BJP accepts key sections of the FOSS Manifesto

2009-03-14 Thread Nalin Savara
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Pradeepto Bhattacharya pradeep...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Raj Mathur r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: Being the cynic that I am, I'm not sure how much of this would actually see the light of day if the BJP does come into power,

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD (society) as a funding umbrella for FOSS development

2009-03-14 Thread Andrew Lynn
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Anupam Jain ajn...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Andrew Lynn lynn.and...@gmail.com wrote: This is to seed discussion on a proposal to add a function to the ILUGD society: That of a funding umbrella for community FOSS based development snip

Re: [ilugd] BJP accepts key sections of the FOSS Manifesto

2009-03-14 Thread Raj Mathur
On Sunday 15 Mar 2009, Nalin Savara wrote: [snip] So... who lives if India dies ? Am tempted to write much more on this-- but I instead invite the silent majority to come forward and comment on this issue. Not here. This is NOT a forum for your pet peeves, as has been pointed out enough

Re: [ilugd] BJP accepts key sections of the FOSS Manifesto

2009-03-14 Thread Pradeepto Bhattacharya
Hi Raj, On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Raj Mathur r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: On Sunday 15 Mar 2009, Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote: I am still trying to do that math. What good would FOSS do to me, if my family/female-members are not secure and are attacked based on what they wear and where

Re: [ilugd] BJP accepts key sections of the FOSS Manifesto

2009-03-14 Thread Pradeepto Bhattacharya
Hi, On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Raj Mathur r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: Everything else being equal... Getting into the relative non-FOSS-related merits and demerits of various political parties is neither productive nor desirable here. Enough other fora available for ranting and