Re: [ilugd] [Cut Paste] Vista EULA

2006-11-07 Thread Anand Shankar
Things are'nt that simple. Its not babudom which resists adoption of FOSS but its Resistance to Change, which resists adoption not only of FOSS, but [SNIP] Why Babus only? I think situation is largely similar at most BSE-50 / NSE-50 Private Sector Commercial companies. I think its time

Re: [ilugd] [Cut Paste] Vista EULA

2006-11-05 Thread Sudev Barar
On 05/11/06, Anand Shankar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/2/06, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sudev Barar wrote: Interesting read at http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/420 How to convice our Government babus that the road being followed by them is not the best use

Re: [ilugd] [Cut Paste] Vista EULA

2006-11-04 Thread Anand Shankar
On 11/2/06, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sudev Barar wrote: Interesting read at http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/420 How to convice our Government babus that the road being followed by them is not the best use of tax payers money? But then probably it is wrong

Re: [ilugd] [Cut Paste] Vista EULA

2006-11-01 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Sudev Barar wrote: Interesting read at http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/420 How to convice our Government babus that the road being followed by them is not the best use of tax payers money? But then probably it is wrong for me to expect babus to have any sense in spending taxpayers

Re: [ilugd] [Cut Paste] Vista EULA

2006-10-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 28-Oct-06, at 8:00 PM, Sudev Barar wrote: what is the connection between that article and government policies? KG IMHO only an AR would not see it coming.. Pouring my money on Win deployments and licensing that is so restrictive. You got to talk to babus and PSU Managers to find out

Re: [ilugd] [Cut Paste] Vista EULA

2006-10-29 Thread Sudev Barar
On 29/10/06, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i did not intend it as a flame - fyi, parts of the central govt and many state governments want to implement foss - but they dont have the resources or knowledge to do so. And we dont have the man power to do anything much. The foss

Re: [ilugd] [Cut Paste] Vista EULA

2006-10-28 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 28-Oct-06, at 8:00 AM, Sudev Barar wrote: How to convice our Government babus that the road being followed by them is not the best use of tax payers money? But then probably it is wrong for me to expect babus to have any sense in spending taxpayers (my) money. what is the connection

Re: [ilugd] [Cut Paste] Vista EULA

2006-10-28 Thread Sudev Barar
On 28/10/06, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28-Oct-06, at 8:00 AM, Sudev Barar wrote: How to convice our Government babus that the road being followed by them is not the best use of tax payers money? But then probably it is wrong for me to expect babus to have any sense in

[ilugd] [Cut Paste] Vista EULA

2006-10-27 Thread Sudev Barar
Interesting read at http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/420 How to convice our Government babus that the road being followed by them is not the best use of tax payers money? But then probably it is wrong for me to expect babus to have any sense in spending taxpayers (my) money. -- Regards,