__/ [ B Gruff ] on Thursday 31 August 2006 15:29 \__
> On Thursday 31 August 2006 14:31 George Peatty wrote:
>
>> I don't like the implied notion that "only Commies like open source", but
>> this is otherwise a good article.
>>
>> http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060831/D8JRDBVG3.html
>
> This is a load of bluddy rubbish, isn't it?
> Look at this:-
> _______________________
> "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."
> "He cited the communists' opposition to a Microsoft-supported computer
> training program that the Congress party enacted in 2002 when it ruled the
> state."
> " "I think schools should be given the option to choose whether teachers
> are to be trained in Linux systems or Microsoft," Shahnawaz said. "
> _________________________
>
> So then we go to perhaps a slightly more reliable source at:-
> http://stuff.techwhack.com/archives/2006/08/30/kerala-linux/
>
> and look what we find now:-
> ______________
> "Kerala Education Minister M.A. Baby said in a statement that the
> government now plans to promote the use of open source Linux operating
> systems along with Microsoft in high schools in Kerala."
> "He said in a statement: ?We are against monopolies of multinational
> companies in any sectors. So we would like to provide equal opportunity for
> both Linux and Windows-Microsoft operating system in the school
> curriculum.?"
> "However, he clarified that the government has no plans to ban the use of
> Windows platform in the state schools as rumored in the media. He said: ?We
> won?t act undemocratically. We are giving options to the students and
> teachers. They can decide on what tool they want to use.?"
> _____________________
>
> So that's "communism", uh?
>
> Note that the Congress Party in 2002 "enacted" a "Microsoft-supported
> computer training program". Excuse me while I just have a final check for
> Reds-Under-The-Bed...... and if there aren't any there, perhaps the word
> "corruption" is the next to come to mind......
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