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Linux thrives in left-leaning Kerala
NewsForge ^ | August 26, 2005 | Sreelakshmi Haridas

Posted on 08/27/2005 2:23:40 PM PDT by Golden Eagle

Kerala, a tiny coastal state in south India, is a site of significant popularity of free software and GNU/Linux. What lessons can Kerala teach other areas about using free and open source software?

Kerala, as a state, is strongly grounded in principles of socialism. Most of the educated middle class is leftist, at least in principle. The state is credited with a near 100% literacy rate and better social statistics than most of the rest of the country. And all this is reflected in a spirit among the people to question any decision imposed on them. They resent lack of choices, and by extension, oppose monopolies. What better fuel for an open source/free software movement to thrive on than a society like this?

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To: William Creel

No :)

Not with cool things like DTrace, Zones and most of the source being opened up.


41 posted on 08/27/2005 3:03:46 PM PDT by SolarisRocks
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To: softwarecreator
I am pretty sure other companies alter their products to fit other gov'ts needs, don't they?

Got anything on mind that's on par with Microsoft's soulless conduct? I personally cannot think of any other business that so readily made communist-sired ideological repression more streamlined.

42 posted on 08/27/2005 3:04:00 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: Golden Eagle
Too busy calling me names and bolding your fonts, apparently.

And don't forget underlining words them too.  =)

43 posted on 08/27/2005 3:04:23 PM PDT by softwarecreator
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To: Golden Eagle

ROTFL! Buzzard, you couldn't recognize facts if I gave you a map and a flashlight.


45 posted on 08/27/2005 3:04:49 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: Prime Choice

Sun has seen the light and now fully supports Solaris X86. Just look at the number of AMD64/x86 boxes they sell these days. This isn't the same old (stupid) sun. :)


46 posted on 08/27/2005 3:04:54 PM PDT by SolarisRocks
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To: TomSmedley
A turkish friend told me that you can buy Windoze XP for $1 on the streets of Istanbul. So, in some parts of the world, the competition is between two forms of "free" software.

One of them is a stolen product however. I personally don't believe in the US providing software welfare to the world, in any form. Our trade imbalance with foreign countries is great enough without us subsidizing them with freebies of anything.

47 posted on 08/27/2005 3:05:56 PM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: Prime Choice
Got anything on mind that's on par with Microsoft's soulless conduct? I personally cannot think of any other business that so readily made communist-sired ideological repression more streamlined.

hhhhhmmmmm .... somehow I think the reason is you don't want to "think" of another company being as souless because it lessens the impact of your post.

49 posted on 08/27/2005 3:06:27 PM PDT by softwarecreator
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To: Golden Eagle
i think you got it backwards. linux is more popular amongst the PEOPLE of communist countries.

the GOVERNMENTS of communist countries prefer MICROSOFT, which is more than willing to deal with totalitarian governments and modify their product to the wishes of the government and allow those governments to control what the people are allowed to see and do with their computers, whereas with linux, the PEOPLE have the source code and the compilers and can change the code to circumvent these controls, and are thus not as easy to control...

50 posted on 08/27/2005 3:07:03 PM PDT by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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To: bigdavediode
Hey welcome back ... are you done asking for the murder of millions of people or just taking a break from it??  I still think you are a troll.
51 posted on 08/27/2005 3:07:57 PM PDT by softwarecreator
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To: softwarecreator

Okay, I give. You tell me then. If it's so common, let's hear it.


52 posted on 08/27/2005 3:08:11 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: Golden Eagle

Is this the Evolution/Creationism ping list?

Oh, sorry, it's the Free Software Developer/Saleried Software Developer ping list!

Keep me on it!


53 posted on 08/27/2005 3:08:27 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: chilepepper

BINGO! Right on the money, chilepepper!


54 posted on 08/27/2005 3:08:51 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: Prime Choice
Okay, I give. You tell me then. If it's so common, let's hear it.

I asked you, since you accused Microsoft of it, if you checked to see if they were the only ones who alter their products to suit ChiCom demands.  If not, that's fine.  But it would make your statement stronger had you done it.

56 posted on 08/27/2005 3:11:09 PM PDT by softwarecreator
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To: softwarecreator
"To blame ONLY Microsoft is pretty ridiculous."

Oh, they also blame Wal-Mart.

57 posted on 08/27/2005 3:11:50 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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To: softwarecreator

You claimed there must be a lot of companies doing as much on par with Microsoft's conduct. Thus, the onus of proof is on you...not me.


59 posted on 08/27/2005 3:13:22 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: Wonder Warthog
Oh, they also blame Wal-Mart.

Is it a coincidence that they blame two of the largest and most successful American companies?  Is it simply petty jealousy or {whisper} something more sinister?

60 posted on 08/27/2005 3:13:52 PM PDT by softwarecreator
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