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Article on FOSS in Times of India

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GNUrag
GNUrag Original post #1
Aug 11, 2007 at 1:53 PM
Hi, Please check the article in Times of India Mumbai edition on Free Software and GNU/Linux. Its on page 12 and features your's truely too :)
RCuber
RCuber #2
Aug 11, 2007 at 2:19 PM
Hey Anurag :) nice to see you posting.. But im in bangalore :( can you please post a scan or a except from the paper?
M
Aug 11, 2007 at 2:25 PM
charangk said:
Hey Anurag :) nice to see you posting.. But im in bangalore :( can you please post a scan or a except from the paper?
Go to epaper.timesofindia.com , sign in with your indiatimes login ID and then go to page 12.
Anurag who's the three people in between?
RCuber
RCuber #4
Aug 11, 2007 at 6:16 PM
Mehul Thanks for the link :)

Here is to photo :)

*img179.imageshack.us/img179/2634/getimagepc8.th.jpg
praka123
Aug 11, 2007 at 6:28 PM
nice!.even our local language newspaper(Malayala Manorama) few years before itself got a Linux tutor on every sunday issue :p .
M
Aug 11, 2007 at 6:31 PM
I never recognised unkle at first.
GNUrag
GNUrag #7
Aug 11, 2007 at 10:22 PM
mehul, others are meena, alpesh, vihan and bipin.

here's a camera capture of the 12th page times of india :)

*web.gnuer.org/blog/uploads/pictures/timesarticle_thumb.jpg
gary4gar
Aug 12, 2007 at 12:33 AM
Good but i haven't seen the article there
do we have to rigister at India times just to read the epaper?
Bad marketing policy
Pathik
Pathik #9
Aug 12, 2007 at 1:16 AM
congrats gnurag..
M
mehulved #10
Aug 12, 2007 at 2:09 AM
GNUrag said:
mehul, others are meena, alpesh, vihan and bipin.

here's a camera capture of the 12th page times of india :)

*web.gnuer.org/blog/uploads/pictures/timesarticle_thumb.jpg
I recognised Vihan. Not to tough to spot him out :p
Meena's name is also there in the article. And baks told me the other names on IRC after I made the post.
vish786
vish786 #11
Aug 12, 2007 at 2:13 AM
meena, alpesh, vihan and bipin.... are this people from digit. ??
and mehul how do u know them ? .
M
mehulved #12
Aug 12, 2007 at 2:45 AM
Vihan I know cos of LUG and NRC-FOSS.
And Meena, seen her a couple of times at HBCSE.
Pathik
Pathik #13
Aug 12, 2007 at 12:10 PM
^^ now wats HBCSE???
M
mehulved #14
Aug 12, 2007 at 1:12 PM
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education at Mankhurd.
aryayush
aryayush #15
Aug 12, 2007 at 3:29 PM
WOW! That's some name.

Congratulations in making it to the ToI, Anurag! :D