[FSUG-Bangalore] Fwd: [Fsf-friends] Indian political party turns to FOSS

[Anivar Aravind]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Aswin M. Sahadevan <aswinms at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Adopting Free software is certainly a good step for a political party.
>>  We need to hail BJP for this decision.
>>
> IMO, we must hail BJP but we should hail them as just another bunch of
> users but not give them cult status. It should just be looked at as some
> more users adopting free software and not as a political party. I mean,
> we shouldn't be endorsing BJP at the end of the day. This might be
> viewed by some as the FOSS community siding with the party and that is
> not what free software needs. Free software should be independent of
> such biases. Rival parties might then feel threatened to take up free
> software if the FOSS community participates in such campaigns. The last
> thing I'd like to hear is some guy saying "Free software? oh.. that BJP
> initiative?". I might be wrong about this, feel free to correct me.
>

100% agree :-)  it clearly address the issue

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Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free
Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs.
Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds.