[FSF India] Public-Funded Knowledge : Free v/s Commercial

[narayanan sathya]

It is distressing to know how MNCs like Microsoft 
to control the rest of the software economy of the
world. 
The HINDI software is just one example.
Similar is the story of most of the software exporters
in India. 
We are always confined to some kind of software
services.
 
Even software design and coding is ultimately become a
service 
to the MNCs who always anjoys the long term benefits
by integrating
the bricks made by high caliber software coolies of
India. Even for 
a software patent (if at all required) we need to go
to U.S!
 
See more thought on this topic at 
 
http://indiaforward.com/knsabu1.htm
 
It is certain that to counter the crooked designs of 
such political economy, we need teamwork of openminded

intelligentsia  who believe that technology and
knowledge is for solving
problems and not creating just money and wealth alone,
without 
addressing the basic human issues.
 
 
K N Sabu
ER&DCI (T)


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