You can set the sort order of messages? Just click on the link in the date column. Your preferences will be remembered, so you don't have to do it again when you return.
Dear Gene, I trust you read this article of mine. If you haven't I request you do. I talked to people at ISO, OpenOffice.org, Sun, IBM and Red Hat. I also...
... I¹m well aware of the issue as I¹ve been reading about the ODF, ISO, and OOXML matter for some time. Microsoft, as usual, is trying to pass off one of...
... waiting ... You are correct on this one. But which OOXML? One that MS uses in its office suite, or the one that was submitted to ISO by ECMA or the one ...
Dear Swapnil Thank you for presenting the case so lucidly and powerfully. vmt http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ GreaterGood...
Welcome back Tiwari jee,How was your outing ? arvind ... -- arvind mishra Welcome back Tiwari jee,How was your outing ? arvind 2008/6/2 Vishwa Mohan Tiwari <...
arvind mishra
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Jun 2, 2008 9:45 am
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... Neither version. There is nothing done on this earth by Microsoft that can remotely be construed as ³open² or ³standard.² Such would cut too painfully ...
... <gevantry@...> wrote: Without any doubt, it should be open format Unmukt ... Windows ... that ... database ... software ... problem has ... governments...
I guess you are the only one Unmukt ji, on the forum, who uses GNU/Linux and Free Software (free as in freedom and not free beer), who else on teh forum uses...
... consultant, or ... the ... call ... I beg to differ here Gene, GNU/Linux and Free Software gives us that power to not be at anyone's Mercy. Dell had to...
... Swapnil, your question was about OOXML, not Linux and FOSS. The latter two present a different, though very important, set of considerations for ...
... latter two ... Very True Gene, but when you said that we were on Mecry of someone then I pointed out the FOSS and Linux does give us that capacity. OOXML...
... Again, these are separate matters. They are very important considerations, especially when thinking about individual use. But this does not remove the ...
Arvind jee thank you for welcoming back. I delivered a speech at the 'Madhya Pradesh Saahity Parishad, at Bhopal " Page Three Versus chapter three', and three...
Gene, please ignore my previous email on the same issue, consider this one: (Swapnil) Gene wrote: Again, these are separate matters. They are very important ...
Advancement of the discussion is ok but what conceivable connections all this may have with sf is more important here. If someone tries to extrapolate its...
arvind mishra
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Jun 3, 2008 11:00 am
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AND of course thanks a lot to Swapnil for initiating a very important discussion on a burning issue of presnt times. ... -- arvind mishra AND of course thanks...
arvind mishra
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Jun 3, 2008 11:03 am
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And thanks to Unmukt jee for the guest appearance ! ... And thanks to Unmukt jee for the guest appearance !...
I always liked the idea of suitably paying an inventor of its IP even if it empties tax payers ballet a bit. But since it is a highly controversial issue...
... Well, okay, due to a system crash an orbiting shuttle cannot land until it downloads a key piece of software. The system crash also vented most of the ...
Wow Gene, you are my man! Also as we all know, NASA actually uses Linux for its shuttle programme. http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5714800202.html ...
SWAPNIL My humble suggestion was and still is to explore the possible sf connections to the issue. But being a proactive and a technology activist guy as you...
arvind mishra
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Jun 3, 2008 11:56 am
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That is a wonderful idea Gene,[and now alas you lose your chance to patent it] Swapnil please see the spirit.And admire Gene. All kudos to him ,he is a...
arvind mishra
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Jun 3, 2008 12:03 pm
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... Swapnil¹s original article as quoted on the list did contain a sci-fi element. The year is 2090. There is a world wide outbreak of smallpox virus. The...
Right, Gene,it was the part which initially fascinated be but the later part of the discussion became technology obsessed...moving the fiction part to my...
arvind mishra
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Jun 3, 2008 12:45 pm
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Dear Gene, Provoked by the issue, when I started talking to experts on OOXML, I did formulate a SF story, its almost done. I will share if with you as and when...
... sci-fi ... virus. ... created ... of ... be ... foolhardiness of ... Thanks Gene, those who wanna see can see...! I was a bit shocked that no one noticed...
Friends, The film is by Steven Spielberg and is attracting student audience in Varanasi's I.P. Mall. In midst of their summer vacation they are thronging to...
