Any Bangalorean silklister have any further information on this? I, personally, think the simputer was a sheer waste after 1.5 years of fame, but I would not have descended to shooting one of the guys behind it.
Thaths http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4564892.stm Professor dies in Indian gun raid A professor has been killed by a gunman who opened fire on a science conference in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, police say. Three other people were also wounded as the gunman sprayed automatic gunfire at the Indian Institute of Science before escaping in a car. Professor MC Puri, from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, died on the way to hospital. Police have set up checkpoints across the city. Emergency meeting Those wounded were said to be scientists and laboratory technicians attending the conference. The Indian Institute of Science is a leading postgraduate college in India's technology hub of Bangalore. The attack took place at about 1930 local time (1400GMT). Police said the assailants approached in an Ambassador car. One of them got out and fired randomly outside an auditorium door. The car then sped off. One of those injured, Prof Vijay Chandru, is the founder of the Indian-developed palm-computer, the Simputer. It is not clear how serious his injuries are. State Chief Minister Dharam Singh has called an emergency meeting for Thursday. "We cannot say at this stage whether terrorists are involved in this incident," an official at his office said. The incident happened hours after gangster Abu Salem was brought to Bangalore for lie detector tests over his alleged involvement in bombings in Mumbai (Bombay) in 1993 that killed 250 people. Abu Salem was arrested in Portugal in 2002 and extradited to India in November. Police said there was no suggestion yet of any connection but they were investigating any possible link. -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" -- Homer J. Simpson
