Re: [ilugd] Creativedot on OSI

2007-10-26 Thread Janani Gopalakrishnan
> Michael Tiemann (President OSI) has blogged about > creativedot.linux-delhi.org, very favourably. I'm afraid I'm being > given credit for others' hard work here, but it's still great that all > the effort that the team behind creativedot put in (and puts in daily) > is getting recognition.

[ilugd] [Commercial] Invite suggestions for Open Source India Week (LinuxAsia)

2007-10-17 Thread Janani Gopalakrishnan
Hi all, LinuxAsia is now morphing into a bigger avatar -- Open Source India Week -- a three city event that will start on a Monday from Bangalore and end on a Friday at Delhi, with a stop at Mumbai on a Wednesday. How is it different from LinuxAsia as it was?

[ilugd] [Semi-commercial] Community offers suggestions to Microsoft

2007-10-03 Thread Janani Gopalakrishnan
/comment_articles.php?cpath=33&a_id=429# Thanks again! Cheers, Janani ----- Janani Gopalakrishnan Vikram http://gjanani.googlepages.com - ___ i

[ilugd] [Semi-commercial][Discussion] What should Microsoft do?

2007-09-13 Thread Janani Gopalakrishnan
Hi, I would like to seek your views on something... Microsoft is criticised much by the FOSS community -- one or the other aspect of it. Their software, their ways of doing business, their attitude, whatever. My belief is that whenever somebody criticises they will also have a potential solution

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mysticoncopyleft

2007-09-11 Thread Janani Gopalakrishnan
> excellent points by nagarjuna, janani and gora. > nagarjuna: you're right about classical brahminism being an earlier > incarnation of a proprietary knowledge model. I think I missed Nagarjuna's post. Was it sent off-list? Cheers! Janani ___ ilugd

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic oncopyleft

2007-09-11 Thread Janani Gopalakrishnan
> as a private study, have been researching past two years on the indian > philosophical view and 'darshan' on copyrights. haven't found much. > anyone else stumbled across something? Examples from India's history, culture etc are cited often in propagating the philosophy of freedom - of software

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-02-08 Thread Janani Gopalakrishnan
> So when it comes to Microsoft advertising in Linux magazines and > sponsoring Linux events, where you see red, I see an opportunity, of > an equal footing, at Microsoft's expense. Linux and FOSS is clearly > better than Windows, we just need to cut through MS's FUD. Mailing > Lists will not do t

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-02-07 Thread Janani Gopalakrishnan
> it isnt - it is a philosophy on how to make software. I know it's off-topic, but since you say this... what a narrow view, Kenneth, it's a pity you think of free and open source as a philosophy applying only to software. Check out creativedot for example! A real philosophy, in my view, breaks

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-02-07 Thread Janani Gopalakrishnan
Hi all! First off, let me tell you that I had and have no intention of jumping into this debate, though I've been quietly watching it since the thread started. Second, let me tell you that I'm pro-OSS but not anti-Microsoft and that's not abnormal... many won't admit it if you do a "+1" voting

[ilugd] Share your views with LFY

2006-04-15 Thread Janani Gopalakrishnan
quot; We request all those who are interested to kindly send in your responses to this question to Janani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with a CC to Atul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). We really hope you are as enthusiastic as we are about this. Look forward to your responses. Thanks and regards, Janani Gopalakrish

[ilugd] Share your views with LFY

2006-04-14 Thread Janani Gopalakrishnan
quot; We request all those who are interested to kindly send in your responses to this question to Janani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with a CC to Atul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). We really hope you are as enthusiastic as we are about this. Look forward to your responses. Thanks and regards, Janani Gopalakrish