From: "Paul Ranson" 

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
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>
> 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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