From: Mike '/m' 


If you really want to know, I suggest you read more on the topic.

 /m

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 01:01:06 -0000, "Paul Ranson"
 wrote:

>It's a great quote, but what does it mean?
>
>Putting information out in the open in Indic languages is supported right
>now without invoking any proprietariness at all. Presumably I can serve
>Unicode pages from Linux/Apache? And view them on any standards compliant
>browser?
>
>Paul
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:tu7otugdnu3rco6e4s7198ql8ctqndk41t{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> Great quote:
>>
>> "It is just a matter of choosing between a free software and a
>> monopoly. We feel that when we are putting public information out in
>> the open, then it should not be through a proprietary software"
>>
>>
>>   /m
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:51:41 -0600, "Joe Barr"
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=2
>8707422
>> >
>> >
>> >BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh has shut the door on Bill Gates. The state
>> >government schemes will use Linux software. Chief minister
Digvijay Singh
>> >personally conveyed this to Microsoft boss Bill Gates during an
>> >interaction last week in New Delhi.
>> >
>> >ƒ?oFor us it is not a question of Microsoft versus Linux. It is just a
>> >matter of choosing between a free software and a monopoly. We feel that
>> >when we are putting public information out in the open, then it should
>not
>> >be through a proprietary software,ƒ?? Mr Singh told ET.
>> >
>> >Nor is it merely a public vs private ideological battle. Germany and
>Latin
>> >American countries, particularly Peru and Brazil, have opted for Linux
>> >rather than proprietary software to bring down costs, which
keep mounting
>> >with successive upgrades in the case of proprietary software.
>>

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