[PLUG] [OT] Philosophical act of unifying in scripts!

2007-05-15 Thread
In my modest opinion, shirorekha in Devanagari does act of unifying the fundamentally different characters ( प्रवृत्ती ). Is there any other script which has similar characteristics like shirorekha in devanagarii? I am aware of slight differences between devanagarii and tibetan script [that **s

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft says 235 of its patents were violated by F/OSS

2007-05-15 Thread
This is [Way-Toppic-Off or WTO]! hmmm [Way-Off-Topic or WOT] but nevertheless... Well, it just means that we may have to read whole of Way-Off-Topic (WTO) agreement first, in which they seem to be agreeing on **nothing** :-) Thanks for the quick correction. -- _

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft says 235 of its patents were violated by F/OSS

2007-05-15 Thread श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर
On Wednesday 16 May 2007 10:07, ॐ wrote: > Are there any patents that microsoft holds for it's software in > specific countries without being specifically labelling them by > actual names (list) of all such countries)? I am not planning to use > them but pirated software champions may get protect

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft says 235 of its patents were violated by F/OSS

2007-05-15 Thread
Are there any patents that microsoft holds for it's software in specific countries without being specifically labelling them by actual names (list) of all such countries)? I am not planning to use them but pirated software champions may get protection by this finding :-) Since most people never

[PLUG] The Benevolent Dictator responds to MS claim on FOSS patents

2007-05-15 Thread Chetan Kumar
Hi all The list of patents is the key and that is precisely what Linus is asking for. Dares MS to go to court, no less !!! http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199600443 Chetan -- __ Pune GNU/Linux User

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft says 235 of its patents were violated by F/OSS

2007-05-15 Thread sudhanwa Jogalekar
This might be some OT but still Talking about patents and Indian contexts, here is some interesting reading : http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6180188.html?tag=nl.e550 "The master disc or electronic transmission Microsoft sends from the United States is never installed on any of the foreig

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft says 235 of its patents were violated by F/OSS

2007-05-15 Thread Chetan Kumar
Hi all Following are the facts 1. There is a report in Fortune about the next possible steps by MS 2. It talks about the (perceived/reported) advantage MS has due to some FOSS being in violation of some patents that MS owns. 3. Some other sites (including ecommercetimes) has picked up this story a

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft says 235 of its patents were violated by F/OSS

2007-05-15 Thread Chetan Kumar
On 5/15/07, Kaustubh Gadkari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Microsoft released some details today. http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/05/15/1348209.shtml Nothing new there. No list. Just a random number Chetan -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Us

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft says 235 of its patents were violated by F/OSS

2007-05-15 Thread Kaustubh Gadkari
Microsoft released some details today. http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/05/15/1348209.shtml -- Kaustubh Gadkari [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: htt

[PLUG] Mandriva 2007 spring,Gentoo2007,Debian 4.0r available.

2007-05-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Following distro's are available with me. -Mandriva 2007 Spring "Free Edition" ( For "i386" ) , 4.3 Gb -Gentoo 2007 ( Live DVD / i386 ) 4.4 gb - Debian 4.0r ( i386/ All 3 DVD's ) 4.3 , 4.2 , 4.2 gb respectively If interested bring external hdd or USB drive . I have those ISO's on a hard disk dri

[PLUG] Microsoft says 235 of its patents were violated by F/OSS

2007-05-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [PLUG] About SCJP exam

2007-05-15 Thread Roshan
--- nilesh deo wrote: > hi > > well i have a problem I hav inquired in SEED > infotech and NIIT camp for the > brochure > NIIT is offering it in 4500 > while SEED is offering it in 7500 > why is this > any body taken the exam. > kindly reply Is this about SCJP exam or the course that they intend

[PLUG] About SCJP exam

2007-05-15 Thread nilesh deo
hi well i have a problem I hav inquired in SEED infotech and NIIT camp for the brochure NIIT is offering it in 4500 while SEED is offering it in 7500 why is this any body taken the exam. kindly reply This might not be related to the group, sorry for that. -- _

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft says 235 of its patents were violated by F/OSS

2007-05-15 Thread Chetan Kumar
On 5/15/07, Kaustubh Gadkari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/B97ugxGJ0p0Nn8/What-Does-Microsoft-Want-From-the-Free-World.xhtml -- Discussed here in last 24 hours. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/14/0018242 http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/

Re: [PLUG] Messenger throught proxy

2007-05-15 Thread Chetan Kumar
On 5/12/07, Shodhan Bhave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a fedora 6 system connected to tata indicom broadband connection.I have another laptop running windows xp which is connected through a realtek card to the base system. I run squid proxy, and firefox and IE are running fine on the laptop.

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft says 235 of its patents were violated by F/OSS

2007-05-15 Thread Santosh Dawara
Dear Aditya, Aditya Godbole wrote: On 5/15/07, Santosh Dawara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree, we (Indians) cannot ignore it. Microsoft sponsored lawsuits could make it untenable to write F/OSS code in the United States. So tough luck for the Americans right? Or are you scared because a l

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft says 235 of its patents were violated by F/OSS

2007-05-15 Thread Aditya Godbole
On 5/15/07, Santosh Dawara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree, we (Indians) cannot ignore it. Microsoft sponsored lawsuits could make it untenable to write F/OSS code in the United States. So tough luck for the Americans right? Or are you scared because a lot of the FOSS contributions come fro