<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">> the efforts months of conspiracy and planning </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #333399"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> Please make it more clear. We can discuss more on this new "Conspiracy and Planning" theory if you make it more clear. </font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">> go down the drain. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #333399"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> Thats what the protestors wanted. But if you have the least thing of conscience try to take the opinion of the majoirty of the delegates who participated in the conference rather than upholding the view the very tiny minority protestors. Not a single seminar or open session class room was empty or even half filled (you have to take note of the fact that the same time exhibition was also goin on) , then the huge crowds in the Open stage auditorium.</font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">> You had tried to conduct a big event</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="COLOR: #333399">What did you mean by "You". It would be the greatest compliment I would have received from anyone for saying I tried to conduct such a big event. </span></font><span style="COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">J</span></span><span style="COLOR: #333399"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">> through which you thought could get the support of the community.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="COLOR: #333399">Which Community? And support for what? </span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">>But sadly, it turned to be a damp squib and one which would be remembered</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">for all the wrong reasons.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #333399"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For 1 wrong reason. I couldn't find the report of the conference when I searched the net. But some important declarations that came in the Conference which was a "damp squib" for you.</font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="COLOR: #333399"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">"The declaration adopted at the two-day national meet urged the governments to procure free software in government organisations, undertakings and government-funded organisations. It said that only non-proprietary software and open standards should be used for any government work."</font></font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="COLOR: #333399"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">"The declaration said that the University Grants Commission should ensure the usage of free software in the curriculum framework and research. The meet urged the governments to set up free software development centres. It also requested the Centre to issue a White Paper on the implications of the global financial crisis on the IT sector in the country. "</font></font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="COLOR: #333399"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">"Mr. Achuthanandan said that a centre of excellence for coordinating activities in the free software sector would be established in the State in December. An international conference would be held in connection with the setting up of the centre."</font></font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="COLOR: #333399"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">"The second national conference on free software that concluded at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) on Sunday decided to initiate joint collaboration among six universities in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to promote the use and expansion of free software. The meet also decided to set up a knowledge hub in Kerala based on free software. It will be managed by the Centre for Information Resources Management at Cusat.A declaration adopted at the conference said that faculty members in these universities would work jointly for encouraging research and development using the free software platform." </font></font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="COLOR: #333399"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">"The IT@School project of the Kerala government will promote its Vidyamitra project as an online educational system based on free software."</font></font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">>how your CPIM bosses</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="COLOR: #333399">From where did CPI(M) come into our discussion? Are you continuing the same old CPI(M) hijack theory ? </span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">>for conducting a National "Crap" </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="COLOR: #333399">This statement shows your standard. No different from those who tried to protest.</span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">> even after using up all their resources. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="COLOR: #333399"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Explain this.</span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">> Try to go to trivandrum in december and see what damage you can do to the cause</font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">of freedom there.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="COLOR: #333399">Explain this too.</span></font></font></p>
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<div>Thanks & Regards</div>
<div>Nidhin<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:16 PM, sandeep sr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sandeep.sr78@gmail.com">sandeep.sr78@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">Dear "Nidhin",<br><br>I can understand your disappointment and dejection. It would have been<br>really heartbreaking to see the efforts months of conspiracy and<br>planning go down the drain. You had tried to conduct a big event<br>
through which you thought could get the support of the community. But<br>sadly, it turned to be a damp squib and one which would be remembered<br>for all the wrong reasons.<br><br>I don't have to be answerable to anyone, since i am my own boss. But<br>
curious to know how your CPIM bosses thrashed you up for conducting a<br>National "Crap" even after using up all their resources.<br><br>But still don't lose heart, there's another one coming up. Try to go<br>
to trivandrum in december and see what damage you can do to the cause<br>of freedom there.<br><br>All the best.<br><font color="#888888"><br><br><br>--<br></font></div>
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