On Tuesday 17 January 2006 20:13, Rony Bill wrote:
'setup.exe'. Thats what really clicks with people. With M$ compounding the problem by donating computers to schools and colleges, this Linux vision still looks distant. I am sorry if I sound negative.
I beg to differ. This problem that you are referring to isn't really a "problem". It's an effect of natural selection, survival of the fittest. Even though Windoze isn't such a great OS, it still manages to attract a lot of users. Why? There are several reasons for it. Piracy is just one of them. If GNU/Linux isn't able to attract a lot of users then GNU/Linux will die. It's a part of the process of natural selection. There is no point denying it. GNU/Linux will have to adapt or else...
Sometime back I had posted a concept of using a solar parabolic reflector furnace to boil water and use the steam to power turbines to produce bulk electricity and also use this technology to convert salt or polluted water into potable water for rural areas. I wonder if anyone in IIT would be interested to make a working prototype. A final year project or something like that?
Well, its like this in India. People dont really care about creating electricity or reducing pollution but we *do* care about how we cremate our dead folk. A parabolic reflector was used to make a furnace ( or call it an incinerator ) which was used to cremate the dead people of some religion. Don't remember the name of the religion but they referred to Fire Temples or Sun Temples. I don't mean any offense to people of this religion but shouldn't the inventor go ahead and make a solar powered powersource?