From: Mike '/m' 


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=2870
7422
>
>
>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 œFor 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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