[ILUG-BOM] CPI(M) manifesto calls for promotion of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

[Rony]

Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> On Sunday 22 March 2009 17:58:55 Raj Mathur wrote:
>   
>> context of KG's statement ``if the govt adopts foss, they are dependant
>> on westerners who have developed it?'', which is patently incorrect
>>     
>
> this is not a statemnt, it is a sarcastic comment on the idiocy of classifying 
> software on the basis of country of origin
>   
It does make a difference if the software is closed and in control of 
outsiders. Openness of a software removes these boundaries. Tomorrow if 
there is an international political crisis, the country of origin of the 
closed software can force the company to stop dealing with an individual 
Nation/s. FOSS is a free open pool. We don't really know what 
information goes out of a system running closed software when it 
connects to the suppliers' websites for updates.

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Rony.

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