[ilug-cal] [Fwd: [Fsf-friends] Madhya Pradesh says no to proprietary s/w]

[Sayamindu Dasgupta]

well,the story has been slashdotted, and the nerds there are busy
contemplating what Mr Gate's face would have looked like when Mr Singh
said NO on his face
This one was posted there
http://www.grub.net/crud/gates.jpg
LOL :)
-sdg-

On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 20:29, Russell McOrmond wrote:
> 
> He forgot the link:
> 
> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=28707422
> 
> 
>   Great to hear!  Looking forward to something in WB --- have you all
> contacted your representatives?
> 
> On 19 Nov 2002, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote:
> 
> > -----Forwarded Message-----
> > 
> > From: Mahesh T Pai <paivakil@vsnl.net>
> > To: Friends of FSF <fsf-friends@gnu.org.in>
> > Subject: [Fsf-friends] Madhya Pradesh says no to proprietary s/w
> > Date: 19 Nov 2002 19:01:21 +0530
> > 
> > Today's Economic Times carries a front page single column boxed item 
> > which says that the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has personally 
> > conveyed to Bill Gates that his Operating systems will not be used in 
> > the government coz. the government is not interested in using 
> > restrictive software.
> > 

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