pramode_ce ([info]pramode_ce) wrote,
@ 2007-10-12 19:12:00
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Save Kannada!

Bangalore: The Letter of Intent signed by the Karnataka government with Microsoft to establish paperless offices is drawing criticism from advocates of Free and Open Source Software (Free as in freedom). They have started a campaign against it on the web page, savekannada.googlepages.com

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Microsoft is not aware of using language appropriately. It strings together different words in an absurd fashion and describes them as directions to perform different actions. These mistakes have been pointed out several times but the mistakes have remained. These mistakes were found in XP’s LIP also. The same mistakes are now found in Vista also. Many Kannada software engineers have spent considerable time and energy in pointing out the errors and have made efforts to make sure that correct Kannada language reaches consumers. Appallingly, Microsoft has refused to acknowledge the blunders and has retained all the mistakes.

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Complete article is here
(Anonymous)
2007-10-12 03:31 pm UTC (link)
Somehow the web edition seems to have shortened version of the original article. Here's the complete article:
http://ismail.in/the-hindu-october-12-2007.pdf

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Re: Complete article is here
[info]pramode_ce
2007-10-13 08:56 am UTC (link)
Thank you for the link!

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Free software fanatics
(Anonymous)
2007-10-15 03:33 am UTC (link)
This is the best example of free software fanatics' cheap strategies. They now play with the language sentiments card!!! The argument against monoploy makes sense. But what about stability and ease of use? If not Microsoft, then they should go for Apple Mac or Sun Solaris. Linux is no where near stable and easy to use, as far as a desktop user is concerned. Linux is still a programmers' OS.

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Re: Free software fanatics
[info]pramode_ce
2007-10-15 06:33 am UTC (link)
I will let you in on a secret. We Free Software "fanatics" have another "cheap" strategy to achieve world domination. We are recommending everyone to install the latest and greatest version of Windows called "Vista"!

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Re: Free software fanatics
(Anonymous)
2007-10-16 09:11 am UTC (link)
You have used the latest linux such as ubuntu or debian with Beryl desktop. Then you will never go back to windows.

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