<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:59 PM, sandeep sr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sandeep.sr78@gmail.com">sandeep.sr78@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:21 PM, haynes davis <<a href="mailto:haynesdavis@gmail.com">haynesdavis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> The it can be a non-cpim position too. But Branding everything other<br>
>> than only -cpim position to Anti-CPIM position will not help for a<br>
>> movement.<br>
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> right now non-cpim is a big vacuum regarding free software as far as<br>
> political and government support is considered. Why our struggle does not<br>
> seem to be productive in the other states and the central government?<br>
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</div>Some of the 'productive' Free Software initiatives by the 'Red' State:<br>
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** Microsoft to help West Bengal's IT initiative (2001)<br>
<a href="http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/2001/08/30/stories/06300008.htm" target="_blank">http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/2001/08/30/stories/06300008.htm</a><br>
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** Microsoft India launches `student PC purchase' programme( in<br>
partnership with the West Bengal government and Intel Technologies)<br>
(2005) <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/28/stories/2005102816531100.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/28/stories/2005102816531100.htm</a><br>
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** Microsoft inks MoU with West Bengal govt (2004)<br>
<a href="http://infotech.indiatimes.com/articleshow/934755.cms" target="_blank">http://infotech.indiatimes.com/articleshow/934755.cms</a><br>
<a href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/11/25/stories/2004112504511801.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/11/25/stories/2004112504511801.htm</a><br>
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(Just mentioning a few..)<br>
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And interestingly, a report on the Congress Govt's (Kerala) move to<br>
introduce Free Software in Schools.<br>
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Stallman's MS-bashing in West Bengal gets ears in Congress-run Kerala<br>
<a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/news/stallmans-msbashing-in-west-bengal-gets-ears-in-congressrun-kerala/125979/" target="_blank">http://www.financialexpress.com/news/stallmans-msbashing-in-west-bengal-gets-ears-in-congressrun-kerala/125979/</a><br>
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"</i><span id="intelliTXT"><i>The state is ruled by communist politicians and
its top elected official, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, has long
been a supporter of free software, railing against the dominance of
Microsoft's Windows when he was a state legislator.</i></span><br><span id="intelliTXT"><i>
....</i></span><br><span id="intelliTXT">
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</span><i>Despite the denials that Microsoft was the
target, opposition leader M.A. Shahnawaz, of the Congress party, said
he believed the decision was based on the communists'opposition to the
software giant's products.<span id="intelliTXT">
<p>He
cited the communists'opposition to a Microsoft-supported computer
training program that the Congress party enacted in 2002 when it ruled
the state."</p><p><br></p></span></i></div><i><span id="intelliTXT">
<p>More : <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Aug31/0,4670,IndiaWindowsvsLinux,00.html">http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Aug31/0,4670,IndiaWindowsvsLinux,00.html</a></p>
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