Mrugesh Karnik wrote:
On Saturday 09 Jun 2007 19:10:55 Rony wrote:
Mrugesh Karnik wrote:
On Friday 08 Jun 2007 21:32:03 Rony wrote:
Therefore its is absolutely necessary that Governments of Democratic Nations adopt free software and formats in order to safeguard their data and get it out of the clutches and control of the corporate entities.
Laughable. This is all assuming that the society is in a fine state; as if the people behave properly and that the democracy actually works.
Why do you find the concept of freedom laughable?
This is all nice and dandy in Europe or USA. Indians still need to grow up mentally for this to be applicable.
So? Till then we shoot down the idea of freedom, free software. Amazing!
Yes. Because people here don't deserve freedom. They should be made to earn their freedom.
This is a diversion. That was not the topic of discussion. The discussion was about why control of knowledge, especially for Governments, in Democracies, should not lie in the hands of a few corporate entities.
And hello? Get out of your little `I'm free because I use free software' shell. You are not free. Your democracy doesn't exist here. You're slaves.
Democracy anywhere is a reflection of peoples' attitudes and mentality. It is always evolving. What makes a democracy tick is the free flow of information to the people. Information empowers people.