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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Monday 14 Nov 2011 11:23 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> BOSS to shut out Windows
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| After a request from the Union Ministry of Comm-unications and Information
>>| Technology, the state governmentâs Information Technology department has
>>| decided to say goodbye to Microsoft Windows.
>>|
>>| According to a government order dated Nove-mber 9, the IT department would
>>| use the BOSS (Bharat Operating Sys-tem Solutions) operating system, which is
>>| a free and open source computer operating system dev-eloped by the National
>>| Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Soft-ware of India.
>>|
>>| All systems of the IT department will use BOSS from Monday.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/boss-shut-out-windows-247
>
> But, but, I thought Ballmer was Pukka Sahib!
>
> According to IAS Uma Shankar, since Linux updates itself, it never
> becomes obsolete. âIt is stable and does not slow down your system.
> It also comes with lots of downloadable freebies and is completely
> secure. I have been using it for a decade now and find it very cool.â
>
> Pretty close to my sentiments, minus the Freedom bit that is so
> important.
>
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>
> Heh: The following fortune reminds me of a similar joke, where the head
> gets a body, runs out in front of a bus, gets killed, with the
> moral "Quit while you're a head."
I'm sure the EDGI squad is already preparing to bribe the "right" people.
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~~ Best of wishes
Dr. Roy S. Schestowitz, Research Fellow
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