Open Letter To Mammootty: Difference between revisions

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We are a group of individuals who believe in freedom , free society and free expression of ideas.

This letter is to express our deep disappointment in your involvement with Microsoft to launch their e-literacy program in ~~kerala~~ in ~~spite of you being the brand ambassador to Akshaya~~. We are assuming that you were not given enough information about the IT Scenario in the state.

This letter is to express our deep disappointment in your involvement with Microsoft to launch their e-literacy program in Kerala from the following [http://www.aol.in/bollywood/story/2008040806139012000006/India/index.html report] by AOL . We are assuming that you were not given enough information about the IT Scenario in the state.

Software is a tool and a means with which we can achieve a lot of things. In this respect , it is similar to infrastructure like roads and rails . Using Microsoft software is akin to using a road built by a private agency who levies a charge for its use. Any further development to that road and the terms of usage of that road will be subject to the whims of that private agency alone , however insane it be. Free Software is like an alternate road , with equal or better quality. It is community owned - public property. Which modifications has to be done , what has to be done and where it has to be done is driven by public need and is not influenced by a private party.

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 We are a group of individuals who believe in freedom , free society and free expression of ideas.
-This letter is to express our deep disappointment in your involvement with Microsoft to launch their e-literacy program in kerala in spite of you being the brand ambassador to Akshaya. We are assuming that you were not given enough information about the IT Scenario in the state.
+This letter is to express our deep disappointment in your involvement with Microsoft to launch their e-literacy program in Kerala from the following [http://www.aol.in/bollywood/story/2008040806139012000006/India/index.html report] by AOL . We are assuming that you were not given enough information about the IT Scenario in the state.
 Software is a tool and a means with which we can achieve a lot of things. In this respect , it is similar to infrastructure like roads and rails . Using Microsoft software is akin to using a road built by a private agency who levies a charge for its use. Any further development to that road and the terms of usage of that road will be subject to the whims of that private agency alone , however insane it be. Free Software is like an alternate road , with equal or better quality. It is community owned - public property. Which modifications has to be done , what has to be done and where it has to be done is driven by public need and is not influenced by a private party.