[silk] Ananova: Couple divorce after online 'affair'

2007-09-18 Thread savita rao
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2512486.html

[silk] Omaha Senator sues... guess who!

2007-09-18 Thread Binand Sethumadhavan
I suppose this senator has a point to prove, but still it is pretty funny: http://www.ketv.com/news/14133442/detail.html Binand

[silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Gautam John
*Free software made mandatory: IT practicals of SSLC Exam* Sunday September 16 2007 15:01 IST *Sabloo Thomas* T'PURAM: Free software has been made mandatory for IT practicals of SSLC examination slated for March, 2008. The Director of Public Instruction (DPI) has issued orders making free

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Anish Mohammed
Interesting, inspite of slow uptake of open source in general, it is good to see some govt intiative. I hope it is not going to be another political gimmick. anish

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Binand Sethumadhavan
On 18/09/2007, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Director of Public Instruction (DPI) has issued orders making free software compulsory. It says Linux Operating System should be used for IT education in eighth, ninth and tenth standards. I believe it is going to be Ubuntu, though I'd

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 03:34:23PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Whatever happened to free as in freedom? :) As if there was ever a true freedom to be had with running stuff from Redmond. In due time, comrade, you'll learn to appreciate the new freedoms. In the labor^H^H^H^H^Hcube farm.

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Gautam John [Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:27 PM]: The Director of Public Instruction (DPI) has issued orders making free software compulsory. It says Linux Operating System should be used for ^^ Till last year, schools had the freedom to conduct the examinations

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Biju Chacko
On 9/18/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gautam John [Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:27 PM]: The Director of Public Instruction (DPI) has issued orders making free software compulsory. It says Linux Operating System should be used for ^^ Till last

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Thaths
On 9/18/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is really braindead. I'd have preferred to see a curriculum that was free of *anybody's* political agenda. The curriculum ought to be teaching concepts that could be learned on any kind of software -- free or otherwise. What are you

Re: [silk] Omaha Senator sues... guess who!

2007-09-18 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 18-Sep-07, at 12:58 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: I suppose this senator has a point to prove, but still it is pretty funny: http://www.ketv.com/news/14133442/detail.html *yawn* life imitates art again. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268437/

Re: [silk] Hitler had an Indian Army?!

2007-09-18 Thread shiv sastry
Pictures of them; http://www.geocities.com/alvinlee_81/WarPicsIndian.html shiv On Tuesday 18 Sep 2007 10:01 pm, Gautam John wrote: Hitler's secret Indian army By Mike Thomson BBC News In the closing stages of World War II, as Allied and French resistance forces were driving Hitler's now

[silk] Hitler had an Indian Army?!

2007-09-18 Thread Gautam John
Hitler's secret Indian army By Mike Thomson BBC News In the closing stages of World War II, as Allied and French resistance forces were driving Hitler's now demoralised forces from France, three senior German officers defected. The information they gave British intelligence was considered so

Re: [silk] Moto Q

2007-09-18 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 shiv sastry wrote: I wanted, apart from a phone, the ability to play MP3s, a camera and an ability to surf the net. I am against a stylus equipped device - having given up on a Palm 505 many years ago for that reason. What stops more models

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Anish Mohammed
BTW Sriram, I dont think it would be fair to equate SSLC to CBSE. anish

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread shiv sastry
On Tuesday 18 Sep 2007 3:55 pm, Anish Mohammed wrote: Interesting, inspite of slow uptake of open source in general, it is good to see some govt intiative. I hope it is not going to be another political gimmick. It just occurred to me that the communist dominated Kerala government might see

Re: [silk] Hitler had an Indian Army?!

2007-09-18 Thread shiv sastry
On Tuesday 18 Sep 2007 10:23 pm, shiv sastry wrote: Pictures of them; http://www.geocities.com/alvinlee_81/WarPicsIndian.html More info http://www.vho.org/GB/Journals/JHR/3/4/Borra407-439.html http://www.feldgrau.com/articles.php?ID=8

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Udhay Shankar N
shiv sastry wrote: [ on 06:03 AM 9/19/2007 ] It just occurred to me that the communist dominated Kerala government might see Linux as a route to avoid subservience to the United States and its capitalist lackey Microsoft that is enforcing the imperialist agenda of the US. Kerala (for whatever

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Biju Chacko
On 9/18/07, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/18/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is really braindead. I'd have preferred to see a curriculum that was free of *anybody's* political agenda. The curriculum ought to be teaching concepts that could be learned on any kind

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Biju Chacko
On 9/19/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote [at 10:24 AM 9/19/2007] : FOSS doesn't deserve to become ubiquitous if the only way it can do so is by reservations (affirmative action in US lingo). I am not sure if I agree. The reason? Metcalfe's Law, which means that

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On 9/19/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Venky (Hariharan) would be able to comment more on this, but when I was in Red Hat I remember working on a proposed curriculum that was neutral. It had items like How to use a Word Processor rather than How to use MS Word or even How to use

Re: [silk] Free software made mandatory (In Kerala)

2007-09-18 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Biju Chacko wrote [at 10:24 AM 9/19/2007] : FOSS doesn't deserve to become ubiquitous if the only way it can do so is by reservations (affirmative action in US lingo). I am not sure if I agree. The reason? Metcalfe's Law, which means that the switching cost from a ubiquitous platform to a