[fsug-calicut] Re: [fsug-calicut]
- From: "Dileep M. Kumar" <dileep@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: fsug-calicut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 12:11:46 +0530
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 12:29:21AM +0530, arunbhaskar11 wrote:
>>>1) Recently all the user group members received mails from a
>>>commercial institute in calicut, called NICE. They were trying to
>>>sell CDs and courses of GNU/Linux. I later found that this is run
>>>by none other than the founder of fsug-calicut Mr.Ajith Kumar. If
>>>I accuse him of doing or reviving his business at the expense of a
>>>movement which is hailing its non commercial nature as the strong
>>>point, can he justify these sort of actions? In each meeting of
>>>fsug people criticise Microsoft over their commercial stands and
>>>here we are coming across people who are using this movement for
>>>their personal benefits.
Mr. Arun, is that a wrong thing ? I don't think so. If he is doing a
Free software business, it is some thing to be promoted.
>>>2) When I talked to a Microsoft fan in our last meeting in
>>>Devagiri, he came up with another stunning comment that
>>>Mr.Sreekumar, another active member of the fsug-calicut again is
>>>having his own computer institute and with this movement he is also
>>>trying to build contacts and thus bring good fortunes to the
>>>commercial outlet.
We had a similar discussion in FSUG-Kochi mailing list. Many of us
(including me) are forced to work with non-free stuff for making a
living. But we never advocate for the same anywhere, even in our
company. We always try to convince our management for using Free
Software if an alternative is available in it. (I converted our
Internet gateway to Debian like this). Do propagate the FS by all
means. To make money out of software business is good for the
community also.
Articulate your ideas (in the mailing list).
Regards
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.''`. Dileep M. Kumar <dileep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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