[Fsf-friends] Take on Gates, Kalam tells Indian techies

Biju bijumaillist@yahoo.com
Wed May 28 21:25:45 IST 2003


Today Microsoft share gone done because it lost a major contract 
from German govt. for desktop OS. German govt going for Linux

As Frederick Noronha requested earlier I am pasting the news

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=47797903
Take on Gates, Kalam tells Indian techies


TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2003 11:31:30 PM ]

PUNE: A few months after a disagreement with Microsoft CEO Bill Gates on the 
issue of software security, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Wednesday called 
on Indian IT professionals to specialise in open source software rather than 
relying on proprietary solutions.

Many governments and companies have been increasingly attracted to open source 
software like Linux. Proprietary software like Microsoft Windows are not free 
for the user — some governments also feel more secure with an open source system.

Kalam made this clarion call after a tour of the International Institute of 
Information Technology (IIIT), at the Software Technology Park, Pune, which 
was dedicated to the nation on Wednesday.

On the extensive use of MS Windows at the institute, Kalam said, "The most 
unfortunate thing is that India still seems to believe in proprietary solutions. 
Further spread of IT, which is influencing the daily life of individuals, 
will have a devastating effect on the lives of society due to any small shift 
in the business practice involving these proprietary solutions. It is precisely 
for these reasons open source software needs to be built which will be cost 
effective for the entire society," said Kalam.

On his differences with Gates, Kalam said, "Our discussions became difficult 
since our views were different."

He also said there is a need for a "national citizen card" for multiple uses 
such as voter ID card, bank operations card and ration card. India should 
emerge not only as a software industry, but as an "ICT (Information and 
communication technology) industry".






http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/05/28/microsoft.glitch.reut/index.html
Microsoft pulls update for Windows

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 Posted: 9:34 AM EDT (1334 GMT)
	    
SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it has 
withdrawn a security update for its Windows XP software after discovering 
that it switched off Internet connections for some of the 600,000 users 
who downloaded and installed it.

The update, a small software addition that is used to fix and add 
features to existing software programs, was originally aimed at 
improving the security of Internet connections.

But after releasing the update on May 21, Microsoft discovered it was 
incompatible with other security firewall software used to protect home 
computers from attacks over the Internet.
Removing the software

That shut down Internet connections for some of the users who had other 
security software already installed on their computers. Microsoft said 
those users were not at risk of a security breach and did not experience 
widespread system crashes.

Removing the software update would restore the Internet connection, 
Microsoft said. A new update was being prepared, it said.


--- Raj Mathur <raju@linux-delhi.org> wrote:
> [Cross-posted]
> 
> Take on Gates, Kalam tells Indian techies
> 
> TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2003 11:31:30 PM ]
> 
> PUNE: A few months after a disagreement with Microsoft CEO Bill Gates
> on the issue of software security, President A P J Abdul Kalam on
> Wednesday called on Indian IT professionals to specialise in open
> source software rather than relying on proprietary solutions.
> 
> Full story at:
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=47797903
> (URL may wrap)
> 
> -- Raju
> -- 
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