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!
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.
many academicians and FOSS proponents. Mere APIs are sufficient in any world including one as warped up as M$ and indeed, every software development continues happily without any source from M$
Well, I did post a link in which Microsoft offers access to its source code to developers. I'd imagine many non-trivial software makers would be taking advantage of this offer too (Symantec and other AV software makers immediately come to mind, plus a friend of mine in HP did have access to Microsoft source code).
Binand
Why not ask Dr S. to clarify his (or is it a 'her'?) statement to the ILUG so that we all know the 'truth' instead of second guessing?
regards hg