[FSF India] Re: Contents of FSF-India digest..."

ravi gangavarapu fsf-india@gnu.org.in
Fri, 03 Aug 2001 13:32:19


Hi Everybody:

Sai's experience is interesting. Some suggestions regarding spreading 
GNU/Linux in schools.

It is a good idea to develop interface with all the educational bodies (both 
governament and non-governament such as teachers federations or 
organizations including non-profit organizations). Explain them (by sending 
letters) how it is costly to use commercial software and the effect they 
have on Indian foreign currency reserves (note that Microsoft is from US and 
you pay for it in foriegn currency) and how they can save money on license 
fee. The focus should be on using free software to avoid legal problems with 
the use of unlicensed software.

Also, highlight free community support they get for free software. Explain 
how free software like Apache is robust on security front compared to 
Microsoft web server becuase of open source and community activity.

Ravi Gangavarapu.

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