[ILUG-Cochin.org] how to convert kerala to a Free software State?

[Jos Collin]

>contact  M$ to do anti piracy raid, among desktop >/ pc vendors ,which will force them either to stop > shipping  M$ windows along with purchase and use >free software or to get a proper license for M$ >product.

The idea is good. Some M$ users may switch also. But not everyone.
Most of the users and most of the companies are happy to pay M$ for
their guranteed product (they say).

I think from Windows XP onwards M$ is recognizing the unauthorised
copies when the machine goes on the net. I don't know why they are not
doing anything legally. I don't know what was the conspiracy. :-)

- Jos Collin

On 17/05/2009, Althaf k Backer <althafkbacker at gmail.com> wrote:
>      There is an old Malayalam proverb "Kadicha pambinae kodu thannae visham
> ekdukuka"
>      Non mallus it mean to extract the venom from from the victim by the
> snake which bit him,
>
>      Most users,especially in India don't have authentic MS products and
> very few % due to
>      lac of awareness,unknowingly buy them along with laps,so my point is we
> have to
>      contact  M$ to do anti piracy raid, among desktop / pc vendors , which
> will force them
>      either to stop  shipping  M$ windows along with purchase and use free
> software or to get a
>      proper license for M$ product.
>
>      Only reason why M$ windows is used by users is bcus
>      they are born to windows world by purchase,even me 4years ago when i
> brought my
>      pc i were a newbie i got used to M$ windows (btw not now,windows is
> alean for me).
>
>      kerala to be a FOSS state then
>
>      [1] Schools but take away MS DOS,MS windows syllabus
>          from academics,14yrs ago when i were a kid,its made
>          sense because GNU/Linux or other kernels where not
>          mature enough,but now its not the case.
>
>      [2] People must be made aware what thier freedom
>          are wrt software
>
>      [3] Students must implicitly speak ls/man than
>           dir/help by the way they are taught.( i mean this should be the
> impact)
>
>      [5] There should be attractive,high profile games/
>           students tools on Free platform.
>
>      [6] Focus must be on young people than grown up.
>
>
>      Summery is we must focus on students than grown up people,main reason
> is they are
>      the nxgen  they will continue our legacy as it were done on M$
> windows.They
>      will implicitly demand free software,while use,and purchase.
>
> -
>


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