Open Letter To Mammootty: Difference between revisions

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The [http://keralaitmission.org/web/main/ITPolicy-2007.pdf Kerala state IT policy] says moto of Akshaya project is ‘making technology and e-government services accessible to common man’. For making technology and e-governance accessible to common man without vendor lock-in, Free Software is the only solution available.

On [http://www.aol.in/bollywood/story/2008040806139012000006/India/index.html IANS Report] you are saying "your mission is to help make all sections of the society IT literate". So we understand your genuine spirit. But selecting the Microsoft help is the wrong choice. Making people literate benefits the society as a whole. Proprietary software rejects their thirst for knowledge: it says, “The knowledge you want is a secret—learning ~~and~~ is forbidden!” Free software encourages everyone to learn. The free software community rejects the 'priesthood of technology', which keeps the general public ignorant of how technology works. The people and Government of Kerala understood it and has already [http://www.indianexpress.com/story/280323.html introduced it to our schools] and government institutions. So we request you to stand for free software and essential freedoms in computing to fulfill your mission.

On [http://www.aol.in/bollywood/story/2008040806139012000006/India/index.html IANS Report] you are saying "your mission is to help make all sections of the society IT literate". So we understand your genuine spirit. But selecting the Microsoft help is the wrong choice. Making people literate benefits the society as a whole. Proprietary software rejects their thirst for knowledge: it says, “The knowledge you want is a secret—learning is forbidden!” Free software encourages everyone to learn. The free software community rejects the 'priesthood of technology', which keeps the general public ignorant of how technology works. The people and Government of Kerala understood it and has already [http://www.indianexpress.com/story/280323.html introduced it to our schools] and government institutions. So we request you to stand for free software and essential freedoms in computing to fulfill your mission.

Since you have several times expressed your support to the causes upheld by left forces in the country, we hope that it will not be news to you that CPI (M) and other progressive forces in the country have been ardent supporters of free software and as a matter of principle, detest Microsoft's monopoly built through treacherous market machinations that even the developed countries find unbearable.

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 The [http://keralaitmission.org/web/main/ITPolicy-2007.pdf Kerala state IT policy] says moto of Akshaya project is ‘making technology and e-government services accessible to common man’. For making technology and e-governance accessible to common man without vendor lock-in, Free Software is the only solution available.
-On [http://www.aol.in/bollywood/story/2008040806139012000006/India/index.html IANS Report] you are saying "your mission is to help make all sections of the society IT literate".  So we understand your genuine spirit. But selecting the Microsoft help is the wrong choice. Making people literate benefits the society as a whole. Proprietary software rejects their thirst for knowledge: it says, “The knowledge you want is a secret—learning and is forbidden!” Free software encourages everyone to learn. The free software community rejects the 'priesthood of technology', which keeps the general public ignorant of how technology works. The people and Government of Kerala understood it and has already [http://www.indianexpress.com/story/280323.html introduced it to our schools] and government institutions. So we request you to stand for free software and essential freedoms in computing to fulfill your mission.
+On [http://www.aol.in/bollywood/story/2008040806139012000006/India/index.html IANS Report] you are saying "your mission is to help make all sections of the society IT literate".  So we understand your genuine spirit. But selecting the Microsoft help is the wrong choice. Making people literate benefits the society as a whole. Proprietary software rejects their thirst for knowledge: it says, “The knowledge you want is a secret—learning is forbidden!” Free software encourages everyone to learn. The free software community rejects the 'priesthood of technology', which keeps the general public ignorant of how technology works. The people and Government of Kerala understood it and has already [http://www.indianexpress.com/story/280323.html introduced it to our schools] and government institutions. So we request you to stand for free software and essential freedoms in computing to fulfill your mission.
 Since you have several times expressed your support to the causes upheld by left forces in the country, we hope that it will not be news to you that CPI (M) and other progressive forces in the country have been ardent supporters of free software and as a matter of principle, detest Microsoft's monopoly built through treacherous market machinations that even the developed countries find unbearable.