[Fsf-friends] Internet Operating System :)

[Ramanraj K]

Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
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http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/opensource/paradigmshift_0504.html 

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Sandip, thanks for the link to Tim O'Reilly's article at:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/opensource/paradigmshift_0504.html

The Internet is indeed the new "operating system", and it could bring in
   more meaning to the life we live.  Free Software philosophy is at the
heart of these developments, and here is another relevant post I caught
from the india-egov list:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [India-egov] Net-savvy activists are more vigilant
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 03:58:28 +0000
From: Sameer Sachdeva <sachdeva_sameer@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: India-egov@yahoogroups.com
To: India-egov@yahoogroups.com


Net-savvy activists are more vigilant

ANI[ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2004 03:22:31 PM ]

WASHINGTON: Civic activists who have access to the Internet are more
vigilant and can serve the society better, according to a study co-
authored by Dr Debbie Denise Reese, an educational researcher at the
NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future in the Center for Educational
Technologies at Wheeling Jesuit University, and researchers at
Virginia Tech and Penn State.

The finding is important because it shows that people use the
Internet to make a difference in their communities. Reese notes that
the consequence for education is that people can use the Internet to
have a positive effect on their school systems.

The researchers tried to collect data to draw conclusions about how
people's level of education and levels of their being extroverts
affected their activism towards community service.

People who were more informed and educated were more active in their
community and used the Internet to conduct civic business. The more
extroverted and educated people also believed that they could have an
effect on how things operate in their community.

   http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/896695.cms