[Fsf-friends] Indian Prez uses non-free sw

[Ramanraj K]

KG Kumar wrote:

>Since we're on the topic of hypocrisy (VS and Windows on  his laptop), it 
>might interest people to know that Abdul Kalam, India's president, so 
>famous for apparently having ticked off Bill G. and advocating free 
>software for countries like India, uses non-free software, incl. MS 
>PowerPoint. See http://www.presidentofindia.nic.in/S/html/speeches/
>others/ict.pps. and http://www.presidentofindia.nic.in/S/html/speeches/
>others/FICCI.pps.
>
>His site (www.presidentofindia.nic.in) designed and hosted by NIC, 
>uses a lot of non-free s/w, incl. Macromedia Flash.
>
>So much for dreaming and igniting passions.
>
>  
>
It is unfortunate that such a situation exists, but we cannot blame our 
President for that.  We need to bring this to the attention of those 
concerned, so that NIC may take steps to host the President's site in a 
free software environment, to give no room for contradictions.