Thu January 1 1970 This is an interview with Sri C.V. Radhakrishnan, founder of River Valley Technologies and the person who brought TeX and Free Software to Kerala, that I did some time in 2007. It was published in the December 2007 issue of Linux for You. Here it is:

LFY: We understand that your company River Valley Technologies is doing business using ...

Thu January 1 1970 The Indian GNU/Linux Users' Group, Thiruvaanthapuram, is organising an Install Fest during September 1-5, 2008. This time it is in the den of computer geeks, the Technopark. The first such install fest organised by ILUG Tvpm at Kanakakkunnu Palace was a grand success even though it rained heavily that day (which, according to some people, is very ...

Thu January 1 1970 There are indications that the government is again trying to bring software patents, possibly covertly. The first indication of this has been in the draft Manual of Patent Practice and Procedure published by the Patent Office, India, in which they talk about "software per se" and software in association with hardware. This was repeated in the meet ...

Thu January 1 1970 This is an article that was published in the May 10- 23, 2008, issue of Frontline (see http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20080523251008900.htm), but without their editorial corrections. The major editorial changes are in the sub-headings. It was published under the Creative Common ...

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Thu January 1 1970 It is well-known that using Microsoft products is risky because of many reasons. Just to refresh your memory, Microsoft Windows (of any flavour) is the most insecure operating system. Viruses, of course, are well-known, but most people do not realise that viruses are a problem only in MS Windows. A kind of malicious software called Trojans is, per ...

Thu January 1 1970 When we speak of Free Software (FS), we are speaking about the freedom it gives users, as all supporters of the FS movement understand (or, at least, are expected to know). And freedom of software cannot exist in isolation. It depends on other freedoms, such as freedom of speech. People in the Free Software movement have been speaking against prop ...

Thu January 1 1970 Microsoft has responded (see here) to my write-up about the need to adopt the Open Document Format. As may be expected, they are just trying to convince people with propaganda. Since Infochange is unwilling to publish my response to Microsoft's clarification, I have to do it h ...

Thu January 1 1970 My regular blog is at chithariyachinthakal.blogspot.com. I thought of starting a new blog just to write about Freedom in general and Free Software in particular. So, here it is.

Thu January 1 1970

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