On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 11:05:39 +0530, CK Raju ckraju@zyberway.com wrote:
I presented a paper on the social fairness of software at the just concluded 34th Regional Science Conference at Thrissur. The core theme is attached herewith for remarks and suggestions from members of this list.
Huge drain of economic resources for maintaining efforts
That is not a good argument for countering proprietary software at all. The archives of this list are full of comments pointing out why this argument is flawed.
I deliberately avoided the terminology of 'Free Software' as the audience had been economists and planning experts.
To such an audience we can say at the outset "Please don't consider free software for its economic benefits but for its social benefits." Using the term swatantra software would also help.
Regards,