[Fsf-friends] Attack on GNU/Linux

[Harish CM]

V. Sasi Kumar wrote:

>On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 11:13, Manilal wrote:
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>>Hello everybody,
>>   The media in Kerala is always keen in attacking Free Sostware
>>especially GNU/Linux. Today one of the (mis)leading newspaper, viz
>>Malayala Manorama came up with a "striking discovery" about the reason
>>why IT at School failed. The author P.Kishore has some very interesting
>>findings. The deterioration that caused IT is due to "Swathanthra
>>Software". 
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>We need to react to such news as soon as possible. Manorama is not a
>newspaper I read, so I did not come across the news. I think those of us
>who come across such news should make it a point to immediately react to
>it by sending a letter to the Editor of the newspaper. Perhaps, we can
>find other places also to take up such issues, but the first response
>should be to the newspaper that publishes the report.
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>>Yesterday also there was a report on Linux but it was not
>>directly dealt with "Swathanthra software". He(reporter) has also
>>concern about the "Project Shiksha" of Microsoft. Today a half page
>>editorial is against Free Software.
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>Perhaps there could be an official response from the FSF to such
>editorials?
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>> The motivation behind such reports
>>is not clear but I believe that it's part of the politics.I think these
>>matters have an adverse effect on the public about Swathanthra Software
>>especially in the occassion of Stallman's visit and WSF.
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>I don't think there could be much effect on the visit of RMS or on WSF.
>In the long run, the effect could be more on the credibility of the
>newspaper!
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>Regards
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Could it be a well timed plant in the media to mislead the public?
regards
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