70,000 copies of Linux hit India 81
Tom writes "Just saw this on Linux Weekly News:
A magazine in India (called "PC Quest") apparently just
carried RedHat 5.2++ on their March cover CD. Claims the
focus of the issue is corporate (whatever that means), and
that the articles would be available on their website RSN.
Apparently they do it every year - accompanying press release
claims quarter of a million Linux CDs so far."
Benefit of a doubt (Score:1)
Paranoic fool. (Score:1)
Besides, your claim that everybody in India is dark skinned is racist at least. Just ask an Indian from Kashmir. What about Aishwarya Rai? Last time I saw a picture of here, she looked pretty much light skinned. I have many, many friends from India, and I'm glad to say that none of them have such stupid erratic behavior as yours. That gives me comfort to know that you are just a behavioral exception rather than the norm.
Also, why shouldn't he confuse us? Why should someone be an international erudite? Just so that he can please your arrogance? I can ask you a 100 questions about Latin America, and I'm pretty sure you would get a few confused. Would that makes you a racist? By the same token, you could ask me a 100 questions about India and it's very likely I'll confuse some. Would that make me a racist? Think before you bark. Then you will learn to talk. Then you will deserve to be noticed and respected.
The bastard has spoken! (Score:1)
Yes, you stupid bastard, they have "electroicity", I mean electricity. They cannot afford "electroicity", the same low energy fuel that power your brain cells. This dog is afraid of educated Indians since, next to them, he is nothing but shit. What else are you going to say, pig? When are you going to learn that you are nothing but an extint animal, uncapable to adapt, uncapable to learn and interact with other humans? Either shut up and do what is needed to compete is this brave new world or die! There is no going back. This world is for the taking for those bold enough, intelligent enough, competitive enough. You have no room in this world anymore. Go back to the technological mud pile where you crawled from. Serve humanity by becoming fertilizer. I'm tired to see shit like you bashing on 3rd world countries. If you are so f*cking good and us so f*cking low and illiterate, what are you afraid of? Make fun of Indians all you want. In the end, if they didn't have "electroicity", they would be ingenious enough to use the crack of your ass as a cd-player.
Linux and India.. (Score:1)
depts are running linux from 1994! (And in CS,
from 1992.)
Redhat CD's are 2nd Best selling CD's in this city (Score:1)
I am not talking of Software CD's, but CD's such as IBM Encyclopedia (topper), many games etc. i.e. the ones which are sold to general public.
The list is compiled by a leading Music House which also sells CD's. (And they don't give away free
With opening of ISP's there is a big debate in India that Linux should be used for ISP. You can search for stories in http://www.rediff.com/computer/comphome.htm, a Indian portal site.
question (Score:1)
More GOOD developers... (Score:1)
US immigration wants to pass(not allowing foreign developers in)(sorry i don't know much about this law, my cousin is from india, and he got lucky they gave him a visa.. it's getting harder and harder for people from india or any other country to come in for jobs in the US.. india hurts a little more because of the (not so recent) nukes and all... now all we need is a cheaper way to access the internet in india and we could definately have
a nice bunch of kernel hackers/developers from india.. but poverty and the need to meet basic necessities will hinder that process.. indians are great programmers (just ask me i'm an indian
well i doubt anyone here will doubt that india has produced some great programmers
so why are there still only 7-10 million users? (Score:1)
What about SRPMs (Score:1)
It is good to have more people taking a look at Linux and other GNU and free software, but is not good to forget the license who made it possible in the first place.
Linux has gained enough momentum that everybody wants to jump in, but they will have to take it all the way just as it comes, and not forget half of the deal.
everybody (including me) will have to be careful reminding everybody else about it.
What about SRPMs (Score:1)
1.- include the sources
2.- include a written offer, valid for 3 years to provide anybody who wants the sources for the cost of no more than the cost of putting the sources in the appropiate media
3.- only in the case of a free distribution, to accompany the offer you recieved to distribute the source code (I'm not shure if including a CD in a magazine as a value added ment to sell more magazines is considered a free distribution).
I think it's not valid to give a CD with binarys and not offering also a CD with the sources.
BUT this is not the most important part of all, what I think is they may confuse and miss the point of the free software and the only ones who will loose are the people in India, cause they will miss the point and be not well-informed.
At least I hope the magazine includes a printed copy of the GPL inside its pages.
Mmm, more developers (Score:1)
in India? Oodles and oodles!
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
70,000 Red Hat CDs in India (Score:1)
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More GOOD developers... (Score:1)
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This is all we need! (Score:1)
May the best programmer win... if you think you can't compete, study harder.
"Before we know it, they'll be shutting down Burger King."
Huh? Ohhhh.... the cow thing. Very funny
"What are they going to run the CDs on anyway?? Do they have electroicity in India yet?"
Electroicity? What's that? I know they've had electricity for quite some time... unless they developed nuclear weapons by candlelight.
Hmmmm, maybe you should be worried... a complete idiot like you would never compete...
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70,000 Red Hat CDs in India (Score:1)
The thing is it's simple, robust, modular, well tested and, once you get used to it, very straightforward.
Sure UNIX sucks, but all OSes do. Linux just sucks less
As far as eye candy, well, my Window Maker desktop never fails to awe and impress Windows users... but that's not what I meant by "pretty".
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so why are there still only 7-10 million users? (Score:1)
The problem is internet connection (Score:1)
Ramana
70,000 Red Hat CDs in India (Score:1)
suggest every copy is used, and installed once. That still makes it one linux user out of 12,000 indians, or something close to that
Linux and India.. (Score:1)
India and computers (Score:1)
If you manage to build a system like that, pretty much the only use for them would be in businesses. You could probably set up a nice little PostGreSQL database for them to keep track of finances, inventory, and lookup. But then, the other major problem is, considering the amount of underhand dealing and wheeling that happens, most people DONT WANT clean records for their businesses, especially when it comes to big businesses.
Of course, you could probably build a cheap system with about 300MB HD with linux/gcc on it and sell it as a tool which families of children in CompSci can buy to help their kids along, but I am doubtful about the prospect of this actually selling anything.
-Laxative - just some rambling
India and computers (Score:1)
Just a thought
LUGs in India... (Score:1)
Linux in India will be a wild fire (Score:1)
Linux in India (Score:1)
Also in india, u can buy a real cheap assembled PC, with all the latest technology, and Linux Pre-installed, since the last 3 years. This is basically 'cause in india people are still not totally mindlessly caught into the mindset of "M$ = computers". And everyone realizes linux offers a great value for money.
Linuxghoul
Irony: not really. (Score:1)
question (Score:1)
Linux in India will be a wild fire (Score:1)
India,Linux,Languages,culture: Well Said! (Score:1)
Amen.
Linux: The real peoples OS. For the people, from the people, by the people.
What about SRPMs (Score:1)
This is all we need! (Score:1)
Grow up kid. There is a whole new world out there.
All i can do is pity u.
I believe it is foot eater. (Score:1)
But maybe I'm wrong
Mmm, more developers (Score:1)
This is all we need! (Score:1)
Sorry, I just find a lot of irony in posts about other people stealing jobs, from folks who can't really err... spell.
Linux and India.. (Score:1)
What about SRPMs (Score:1)
That I think is quite OK because as said above the y don't change any sources/packages and whatever they add as extra (they had some scripts/progs to simplify integration with netware, for creating DNS forward and reverse mapping files etc), they give the source for it - a la RedHat.. Kudos to PCQuest. If it was not for them, Linux in India would have remained confined to small groups in indian academia - like the one in electrical dept. at IIT Mumbai - and the rest of the vast indian population at the mercy of the M$ monopoly.
This is all we need! (Score:1)
One point that may not have occurred to you: To the extent that developing countries develop, and gain in wealth and technical capabilities and infrastructure, they become more than just competitors for American jobs. They also become customers for American products and services. Think about it.