Re: [ilugd] M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I have found Gnumeric to be a better substitute for Excel. manoj -- Take a lesson from the whale; the only time he gets speared is when he raises to spout. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B

Re: [ilugd] Free iPod Manager For Wine-doze?

2008-10-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
-- What fools these morals be! Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net

Re: [ilugd] Open Office 3.0 Online

2008-10-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
is we, kemo sabe? I think it matters, me. But then, I don't use the services you mention. manoj -- One man tells a falsehood, a hundred repeat it as true. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA

Re: [ilugd] Is it illegal to redistribute RHEL? Open Letter To Linux For You India

2008-10-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http

Re: [ilugd] Is it illegal to redistribute RHEL? Open Letter To Linux For You India

2008-10-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
for him? I find it somewhat hard to understand his run-on prose, and I truly can't see what valid points he might be raising. What _is_ the basic issue here? manoj -- You're not an alcoholic unless you go to the meetings. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden

Re: [ilugd] Is it illegal to redistribute RHEL? Open Letter To Linux For You India

2008-10-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
to do this forever. I hope you understand what I meant... Actually, not really (aside: why _must_ people speak in riddles?) -- unless you are telling me that I am feeding that which lives under a bridge. manoj -- Managing senior programmers is like herding cats. Dave Platt Manoj

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Oct 01 2008, Gaurav Mishra wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 30 2008, Gaurav Mishra wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 30 2008, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
kidding) Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
performance, they are suppoosed to be criticism free? Jesus. manoj -- Forty two. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
license or the ilk to see what this is all about (shouldn't you have done that before posting?) manoj -- Phasers locked on target, Captain. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Oct 01 2008, Gaurav Mishra wrote: On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 01 2008, Gaurav Mishra wrote: So, a project that handles only a fraction of the packages Debian does (only a couple thousand in the main repo, iirc), 95

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Oct 01 2008, Gaurav Mishra wrote: On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And if you think that the Free software awareness Ubuntu has brought doesn`t qualify in being in Free software ecosystem , Then my friend you are wrong , Because then you bring

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
the more I admire dogs. Mme De Sevigne, 1626-1696 Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Oct 01 2008, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: On Wednesday 01 October 2008 22:22:11 Manoj Srivastava wrote: So, it is software that helps to provide a service. That piece of software is non-free. I think that matters. Whether the software runs as a one shot unix like

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Oct 01 2008, Atanu Datta wrote: On Wed, October 1, 2008 9:33 pm, Manoj Srivastava said: I have no idea why the FSF does what the FSF does. I also believe that the FSF distributes non-fre software, but that is another discussion. Sorry to go off-topic, but if you can

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
, and I haven't seen him around in years, so I suggest you look instead at /usr/share/common-licenses/GFDL-1.2 I'll see if I can fix that. manoj -- Mix's Law: There is nothing more permanent than a temporary building. There is nothing more permanent than a temporary tax. Manoj

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
/social_contract http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines -- It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children. Kingsley Amis Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
this is a good thing. So greg's slides did have a positive effect. manoj -- The rule on staying alive as a program manager is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Sep 30 2008, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: On Tuesday 30 September 2008 06:14:31 Manoj Srivastava wrote: I don't think that anyone is arguing that canonical, and ubuntu, do not provide a useful product, nor that the product they provide is popular. The point is whether

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
of the days of the 80-column card. -- Dennis M. Ritchie Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Sep 30 2008, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: On Tuesday 30 September 2008 06:18:32 Manoj Srivastava wrote: And Ubuntu's effort in feeding back patches to Debian have not really impressed the Debian developers that much (apart, perhaps, from those being paid by Mark). So, let me

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
, they make no effort to feed any changes back upstream. manoj -- Thus spake the master programmer: After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless. -- Geoffrey James, The Tao of Programming Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Sep 30 2008, Gaurav Mishra wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is said that all the users are testing the software. What is the point of having testers when the benefit is not passed on upstream to benefit everyone

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Sep 30 2008, Gaurav Mishra wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 30 2008, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: There is nothing that requires it, no. But then, we are not talking about requirements, we are talking about whether

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
folks tell me that there have been no contributions from BOSS to the internationalization efforts for Debian. Again, a disclaimer: this is hearsay, and I have not personally looked at BOSS. manoj -- A lifetime isn't nearly long enough to figure out what it's all about. Manoj

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
into 2.6.27 _now_. And how few of them come from caonical/ubuntu folks. manoj -- Q: What's a WASP's idea of open-mindedness? A: Dating a Canadian. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
by canonical's efforts in that arena. manoj -- Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. Clement Stone Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
the words to a song -- it's that they know them *___all*. -- Susan Dooley Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. In any case, most people contributing to Debian have a day job anyway, so Debian work is rarely affected by ones employer. manoj -- If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some. Ben Franklin Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C

Re: [ilugd] Is it illegal to redistribute RHEL? Open Letter To Linux For You India print Magzine India

2008-09-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
not own the mark RHEL. manoj -- If God wanted us to have a President, He would have sent us a candidate. Jerry Dreshfield Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: [ilugd] free vs paid operating systems

2008-02-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
you feel like you are using a OS worth a crore, if you want. manoj -- As of next Thursday, UNIX will be flushed in favor of TOPS-10. Please update your programs. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA

Re: [ilugd] free vs paid operating systems

2008-02-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
to throw at them. I strongly suggest you look at Eric Raymond's essay on how to ask questions intelligently; the answer you get would be far more useful. manoj -- Someday somebody has got to decide whether the typewriter is the machine, or the person who operates it. Manoj Srivastava

Re: [ilugd] [request for help] A social movement wants to build a dynamic website

2008-01-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
-drupal-take-one http://drupal.org/node/13733 http://www.cmsmatrix.org/matrix/cms-matrix http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems -- question = ( to ) ? be : ! be; Wm. Shakespeare Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272

Re: [ilugd] OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
hard to buy your excuses. manoj -- Sic transit discus mundi From the System Administrator's Guide, by Lars Wirzenius Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: [ilugd] Linux webcam

2008-01-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:12:41 +0530, Sriram J [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On 1/14/08, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:43:32 +0530, Sriram J [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Does the idea of open source take precedence over usability. but If you find free

Re: [ilugd] Linux webcam

2008-01-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
by scratching your itch. This is how we get free software to start with. manoj -- An American's a person who isn't afraid to criticize the president but is always polite to traffic cops. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493

Re: [ilugd] amarok on ubuntu wants to initialize ipod

2007-12-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
blog about how I created a gcc cross compiler to compile rockbox sources with patches (I applied the album art patch). manoj -- Do you know the difference between a yankee and a damyankee? A yankee comes south to *_visit*. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden

Re: [ilugd] Help needed to locate online resource: Royalty Free Photos

2007-12-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. If these are DRM features (I can make sure that only authorized people can see documents on my machine) I do need to go back and see what is currently deemed a DRM device. manoj -- That boy's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver Foghorn Leghorn Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL

Re: [ilugd] amarok on ubuntu wants to initialize ipod

2007-11-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Bakshi's Mighty Mouse Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ilugd] Help needed to locate online resource: Royalty Free Photos

2007-11-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. manoj -- Pardon this fortune. Database under reconstruction. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

Re: [ilugd] Cannot upgrade ubuntu from fiesty fawn(7.04) to Gutsy Gibbon(7.10)

2007-11-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
-package: /etc/bash_completion.d kernel-package: /etc/bash_completion.d/make_kpkg -- A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths. Steven Wright Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB

Re: [ilugd] Cannot upgrade ubuntu from fiesty fawn(7.04) to Gutsy Gibbon(7.10)

2007-11-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
in Tennessee, USA. manoj -- May you die in bed at 95, shot by a jealous spouse. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist

Re: [ilugd] Cannot upgrade ubuntu from fiesty fawn(7.04) to Gutsy Gibbon(7.10)

2007-11-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:51:08 +0530, Shamail Tayyab [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Nov 14, 2007 2:23 PM, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that i am not that skilled as much as you are, though i think i can answer all the queries, and still can prove my point! Let me go

Re: [ilugd] Cannot upgrade ubuntu from fiesty fawn(7.04) to Gutsy Gibbon(7.10)

2007-11-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:16:21 +0530, Kazim Zaidi [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On 14/11/2007, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you've quoted in one of your posts in the same thread, there's a choice between variety of choices and simplicity. While Debian would try to provide

Re: [ilugd] Cannot upgrade ubuntu from fiesty fawn(7.04) to Gutsy Gibbon(7.10)

2007-11-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:31:41 +0530, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Wednesday 14 November 2007 21:00, Manoj Srivastava wrote: [snip] Debian Installer. Could you provide some details? If you did get an empty file, I would like to see under what circumstances the bug is triggered. My

Re: [ilugd] how to get latest created file

2007-11-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
| head -n 1 manoj -- You can drive a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist

Re: [ilugd] Cannot upgrade ubuntu from fiesty fawn(7.04) to Gutsy Gibbon(7.10)

2007-11-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
where Debian is either purist friendly or not user friendly, but a Debian derivative has markedly different behaviour? manoj -- Stan and I thought that this experiment was so stupid, we decided to finance it ourselves. -- Martin Fleischmann, co-discoverer of room-temperature fusion (?) Manoj

Re: [ilugd] Cannot upgrade ubuntu from fiesty fawn(7.04) to Gutsy Gibbon(7.10)

2007-11-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:23:53 +0530, Kazim Zaidi [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On 13-Nov-07, at 8:13 PM, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Could you please elaborate? Do you have specifics in mind where Debian is either purist friendly or not user friendly, but a Debian derivative has markedly

Re: [ilugd] Alsa stopped working

2007-10-31 Thread Manoj Srivastava
intel sound chips. manoj -- Wake up and don't be careless, but lead a life of well-doing. He who follows righteousness lives happily in this world and the next. 168 Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA

Re: [ilugd] Online activity declining in linux-delhi/linux-india

2007-10-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. manoj -- You are not dead yet. But watch for further reports. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Alsa stopped working

2007-10-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
? Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http

Re: [ilugd] quickie! which blog-engine for foss cc-license + more?

2007-10-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
/ See http://ikiwiki.info/ikiwikiusers/ for how different the look and feel can be -- pointing to the customizability of ikiwiki. manoj ps: Oh, and it is written in Perl. -- If you put your supper dish to your ear you can hear the sounds of a restaurant. -- Snoopy Manoj Srivastava

Re: [ilugd] quickie! which blog-engine for foss cc-license + more?

2007-10-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. Damn. I broke my rule about ignoring top posters -- perhaps, looking at the quality of the content, there is a reason to have the ignore-top-posters rule. manoj -- It's hard to argue that God hated Oklahoma. If He didn't, why is it so close to Texas? Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL

Re: [ilugd] quickie! which blog-engine for foss cc-license + more?

2007-10-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
antics, start by following guidelines: do not top post. If you must attack something, attack the idea, not the man, as Marcus Tullius (cognomened cicero) would say. manoj -- The Roman Rule: The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it. Manoj

Re: [ilugd] quickie! which blog-engine for foss cc-license + more?

2007-10-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
making is that Python is one such language, and PHP is not. Knowing what I do about PHP, I find that thesis plausible. manoj -- Aww, if you make me cry anymore, you'll fog up my helmet. Visionaries cartoon Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C

Re: [ilugd] UTS release version mismatch

2007-10-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
this.' please help Please try running make-kpkg clean, and re-try. If it still does not work, send me full logs (man script) manoj -- QOTD: Y'know how s'm people treat th'r body like a TEMPLE? Well, I treat mine like 'n AMUSEMENT PARK... S'great... Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL

Re: [ilugd] cheap trick with multiple gmail accounts for concurrent logins

2007-09-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
name itself, advances. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
on Ubuntu's package updating policies. Would it not be simpler to just grab Debian Sid's packages instead? manoj -- poverty, n.: An unfortunate state that persists as long as anyone lacks anything he would like to have. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
to avoid volcanos whenever possible. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net

Re: [ilugd] 5,000 ubuntu desktops at delhi university

2007-07-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
-- If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven? - David Gilbert Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: [ilugd] GPL/BSD (yet again)

2007-05-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
than it is to rust. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ilugd] GPL/BSD (yet again)

2007-05-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 07 May 2007 11:32:36 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya said: Manoj Srivastava wrote: I am not sure I am convinced by these statements. As a developer, I fail to see how the GPL helps me any less than the BSD style licenses do -- unless you assume that all developers want to squirrel code

Re: [ilugd] GPL/BSD (yet again)

2007-05-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 7 May 2007 13:45:28 +0530, Raj Mathur said: This is an important point, and I'd like to clear this misconception about the GPL: On Monday 07 May 2007 12:37, Manoj Srivastava wrote: [snip] The original statement did not make this distinction. Had you said that the authors not being

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. If you think free software is a tainted meaning of the word free, then free speech is similarly tainted. manoj -- I love you more than anything in this world. I don't expect that will last. Elvis Costello Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C

Re: [ilugd] deb vs. rpm

2007-03-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
and 64bit packages on the same box. manoj -- In a medium in which a News Piece takes a minute and an In-Depth Piece takes two minutes, the Simple will drive out the Complex. -- Frank Mankiewicz Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966

[ilugd] deb vs. rpm

2007-02-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
requirements. manoj -- You will have a long and boring life. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

Re: [ilugd] deb vs. rpm

2007-02-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:12:06 +0530, Mahesh T Pai said: Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2) Package relationships: The .deb format has a more nuanced set of relationships, incorporating recommendations and suggested packages, and orders packages by priority as well as group

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

2007-02-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
found no scientific discipline, nor a healthy profession on the technical mistakes of the Department of Defense and IBM - Edsger Dijkstra Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

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

2007-02-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 00:12:45 +0530, Sirtaj Singh Kang [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Monday 05 February 2007 11:37 pm, Manoj Srivastava wrote: [snip] I have absolutely no interest in earning money from my free software endeavors, and I know loads of people who share my sentiments. Indeed

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

2007-02-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
my flower in a clenched fist. Abbie Hoffman Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

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

2007-02-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
it to a lazy person -- they will find an easier way to do it. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

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

2007-02-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
confrontations (BTW, I don't buy that thesis either, given the flame wars I have witnessed). But you seem to have some specific instances in mind. manoj -- The pen is mightier than the sword; and easier to write with. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com