On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 09:12 +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Krishnakantkrmane@gmail.com wrote:
But in the most general sence, it means what I had mentioned in my previous email. It is actually like "breaking " a problem into understandable bits and then finding solution in any given situation.
It definitely does not mean this in a general sense. In the most general sense, it means cut with rough or heavy blows. The guys at MIT gave it a new meaning and the popular press gave it another. Now the fight is to decide which of the two meanings should prevail.
Fight it to make people understand that in terms of ICT it means doing some thing good. Unfortunately press is often controled by big business houses, but fortunately the community at large has the choice of either excepting the wrong notion because that is what people feel, or make people aware of what it actually means.
happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
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