Re: [Ilugc] BJP's Akward Embrace to Free software

2009-04-17 Thread Roshan Mathews
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Mano wrote: > The eternal 'form or substance' conundrum > Oh, not at all. It's not the 'form' we're insisting on, but the 'substance'. When the reader has to ponder over what a word means, and is forced to make a 'most logical choice' decision, the message is los

Re: [Ilugc] BJP's Akward Embrace to Free software

2009-04-17 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Friday 17 April 2009 15:18:49 Raja Subramanian wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > > At work place, their SMS language permeates into their official emails > > and letters inspite of repeatedly pointing it out to them. > > For the non-internet generation, it's the other

Re: [Ilugc] BJP's Akward Embrace to Free software

2009-04-17 Thread Mano
The eternal 'form or substance' conundrum On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > > At work place, their SMS language permeates into their official emails > > and letters inspite of repeatedly pointing it out to them. > > For

Re: [Ilugc] BJP's Akward Embrace to Free software

2009-04-17 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > At work place, their SMS language permeates into their official emails > and letters inspite of repeatedly pointing it out to them. For the non-internet generation, it's the other way around. Even SMS is correctly worded and punctuated. :-) - R

Re: [Ilugc] BJP's Akward Embrace to Free software

2009-04-16 Thread Arun Khan
On Friday 17 Apr 2009, Raman.P wrote: > --- On Thu, 16/4/09, Rahul Rai wrote: > > i only want all the users and associations all over India > > to know > > about what i read... > > I only want people no wat our policy makers are upto and hw > > v as free > > I only want all to write proper english

Re: Re: [Ilugc] BJP's Akward Embrace to Free software

2009-04-16 Thread Raman.P
--- On Thu, 16/4/09, Rahul Rai wrote: > i only want all the users and associations all over India > to know > about what i read... > I only want people no wat our policy makers are upto and hw > v as free I only want all to write proper english. Raman.P Add more friends to your mess

Re: Re: [Ilugc] BJP's Akward Embrace to Free software

2009-04-16 Thread Rahul Rai
> it is enough to give the link - we are quite capable of reading the article > on > our own. I thought someone would be like me... Lazy..so put up whole body.. Thanks Next time i would not have the dificulty of copy paste th message body.. Thanks again man... I notice you have been posting the

Re: [Ilugc] BJP's Akward Embrace to Free software

2009-04-16 Thread Arun SAG
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >it is enough to give the link - we are quite capable of reading the article on >our own. Seems like he posted it 3 times :P >*The BJP’s awkward embrace of Free Software * Another one: http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/janus-act-govt-love-for

Re: [Ilugc] BJP's Akward Embrace to Free software

2009-04-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 15 April 2009 23:27:41 Rahul Rai wrote: > *The BJP’s awkward embrace of Free Software * it is enough to give the link - we are quite capable of reading the article on our own. I notice you have been posting the same thing in all LUG mailing lists, so the question is: which party are

[Ilugc] BJP's Akward Embrace to Free software

2009-04-15 Thread Rahul Rai
*The BJP’s awkward embrace of Free Software * ** http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/10/stories/2009041055960900.htm Deepa Kurup *The party’s discovery of the virtues of OS would appear to sit uncomfortably with its slogan “Let a hundred Bangalores bloom.” * The IT manifesto of the Bharatiya Jana