Re: [ilugd] Bowing before strategic charities!

2005-12-20 Thread Tom Cooper
Alex M Alex wrote: >Dear tom > >The whole issue is on the "Freedom" and the freedom to "Modify". > >Some References: >1. http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/ >2.http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html >3. http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/patents.html >4. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html >5. http:/

Re: [ilugd] Bowing before strategic charities!

2005-12-20 Thread Tom Cooper
Hi all, To add to this story. When the South African Government went open source, Microsoft offered free software to all the schools. All that was needed was to fill in an application form. That fact was widely publicised. However, what was never publicised was the fact that very few schools, i

Re: [ilugd] Bowing before strategic charities!

2005-12-20 Thread Alex M Alex
.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html Regards Alex > From: Tom Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:10:37 +0200 > To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list > Subject: Re: [ilugd] Bowing before strategic charities!

[ilugd] Bowing before strategic charities!

2005-12-15 Thread Alex M Alex
> > Vijay Times, Bangalore,13th Dec05 > Bowing before strategic charities! > By Tarun Vijay > > MONEY matters but money is not life, neither does it bring culture. But Bill > Gates' India visit last week has made an impact that simply says money makes > everyone bow. > He met the Prime Minis