On Sunday 31 October 2010 19:59:54 Binand Sethumadhavan wrote:
2010/10/31 jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in:
Hmm poor understanding of English semantics (amongst other things). The word Windows software with a capital W in the middle of a sentence means it is name of a specific thing. There is only ONE os product family by that name Microsoft Windows. If he were referring to a windowing system, he would state "window" - no "W" at the start no "s" in the end. So your excuse - or logic - either way fails.
Are you seriously suggesting that when Dr. Saraswat "told reporters on the sidelines of a function", he actually said, "Windows software - that's with a capital W, and an s at the end" - and it is not the reporter doing the capitalization etc. himself? Really!
ALL organisations that I know of, hand out a printed pr statement. To prevent mis reporting. What actually gets reported is an altogether different matter.
Personally, I don't believe DRDO will do something as foolhardy as develop this "OS" based on Microsoft Windows. They have a track record of using Linux, and most likely that's what they'll do in this case too.
That is what the PR is supposed to tell us - what organisations are thinking and planning to do. Throw crappy PR up and it all comes raining down.
Quite. GoI's multiple PR snafus are all there to be seen.
Not quite in this case. YOUR link seems to have got things rubbished. The TOI link is quite ok technically.
The TOI link was a report from Russia. Doesn't redeem GoI in any way.
There is another TOI link about Dr. Saraswat's statement. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/software-services/Security-thre...