[Ilugc] Fwd: Proprietary Tender by NIC for SC
- From: prem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Prem Kurian Philip)
- Date: Fri Sep 25 09:31:58 2009
The tender issued by NIC (NIC/TPS/2009/18) for the purchase of laptops
with preloaded software for the Supreme Court is unfair. It relates to
purchase of proprietary brands of laptops (Apple) and the software
installed (Windows XP) in it.
Links:
http://tenders.gov.in/details.asp?tempid=1&tid=del242328&work=1&cno=0
http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/faq.htm
http://www.swecha.org/content/petition-cancel-proprietary-tender-nic
Nice catch! I wonder which weirdo decided they need Macs running Windows
XP.
Roshan Mathews
This is really funny. First buy hardware which is overpriced and which
always comes with the OS preloaded (and therefore paid for) and then
replace this good OS with a crappy one - that is quite a plan! Someone in
the government is on dangerous mind-altering drugs.
About the petition - the point about XP doesn't make any sense. I quote
here "This and other similar products from proprietary suppliers provide
vendor lock-in as their data and files can read by only their software."
I could have understood this statement if this was about using MS Office
and therefore the Office proprietary formats - but how does this apply to
using just an OS ?
If I was using Linux and a proprietary office product on top of Linux,
this assertion of possible vendor-lockin would still be true.
The petition should have stressed on the usage of open office formats
rather than talking about XP.
Regards,
Prem
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