[Reader-list] WB Government ties up with Microsoft

[Raju Mathur]

Shuddha,

I appreciate your point of view about e-governance.  However, please
appreciate that since I do not appear to have any choice in the matter
-- the e-governance article talked about a fait accompli -- I'd prefer
to be misgoverned by the Indian Government through Linux than the US
Government through MS.

This fight has to be carried out at many levels.  I'd be glad to fight
by your shoulder when I see some concrete application of the ideas
expressed in your message.  In the meantime, I continue to do what I
believe right, alone if necessary.

BTW, if you've been waiting for me to draft a letter smashing
e-governance in general, let me know :-)

Regards,

-- Raju

>>>>> "Shuddha" == Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net> writes:

    Shuddha> I am writing this in response to the recent postings on
    Shuddha> the list regarding the issue of petitioning the West
    Shuddha> Bengal government to consider free software as an
    Shuddha> alternative to Microsoft.

    Shuddha> Let us suppose that the honourable minsiters and
    Shuddha> bureaucrats who run the Government of West Bengal made a
    Shuddha> deal to run Linux instead of Microsoft, on their 'e
    Shuddha> governance' projects, would this make a difference to the
    Shuddha> quality of life of the citizens and subjects of west
    Shuddha> bengal, and would it make a difference to their 'freedom'
    Shuddha> .

    Shuddha> [snip]
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