Every generation has its philosopher—a writer or an artist who captures the imagination of a time. Sometimes these philosophers are recognized as such;often it takes generations before the connection is made real. But recognized or not,a time gets marked by the people who speak its ideals, whether in the whisper of a poem, or the blast of a political movement.
Our generation has a philosopher. He is not an artist, or a professional writer.
He is a programmer. Richard Stallman began his work in the labs of MIT, as a programmer and architect building operating system software.He has built his career on a stage of public life, as a programmer and an architect founding a movement for freedom in a world increasingly defined by “code.”
“Code” is the technology that makes computers run. Whether inscribed in software or burned in hardware, it is the collection of instructions, first written in words, that directs the functionality of machines. These machines—computers—increasingly define and control our life. They decide whether video can be streamed across a broadband link to a computer. They control what a computer reports back to its manufacturer. These machines run us. Code runs these machines.What control should we have over this code? What understanding? What freedom should there be to match the control it enables? What power?These questions have been the challenge of Stallman’s life. Through his works and his words, he has pushed us to see the importance of keeping code “free.” Not free in the sense that code writers don’t get paid, but free in the sense that the control coders build be transparent to all, and that anyone have the right to take that control, and modify it as he or she sees fit. This is “free software”; “free software” is one answer to a world built in code.
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Why I quit Reliance Money?
· Comparatively twice the delay in opening account initially. Took 20+ days.
· Inconvenient security token
o Without security token you can’t trade.
o It creates inconvenience and discomfort more than security
· Poor trading portal
o Trading portal is not compatible with Firefox or Opera.
o In Internet explorer (IE6/IE7/IE8), it stuck most of the time. You need to re-login again and again.
o JVM installation is also required
· Poor customer service
o No response to emails most of the time
o Otherwise it will take many days to get an email response
o To email them, you need to login to very uncomfortable email account of Reliance Money Mail (Now associated with hotmail)
o No TOLL FREE Number for support. All major share brokers have toll free no. for cust.care
o When an unauthorised tele-trade occurred in my account, they simply said they can’t do anything on the matter. (Case ref:1606762)
· Inconsistent tariff – Always increasing
o They increased the AMC from Rs.50 to Rs.200, i.e. 400% increase
o Limit card turnover limit decreased from 5 lakh to 2 lakh for PR-500. i.e. 60% increase in effective brokerage
o Rs.15 additional charge was introduced per trade for limit card users
· Inconvenient security token
o Without security token you can’t trade.
o It creates inconvenience and discomfort more than security
· Poor trading portal
o Trading portal is not compatible with Firefox or Opera.
o In Internet explorer (IE6/IE7/IE8), it stuck most of the time. You need to re-login again and again.
o JVM installation is also required
· Poor customer service
o No response to emails most of the time
o Otherwise it will take many days to get an email response
o To email them, you need to login to very uncomfortable email account of Reliance Money Mail (Now associated with hotmail)
o No TOLL FREE Number for support. All major share brokers have toll free no. for cust.care
o When an unauthorised tele-trade occurred in my account, they simply said they can’t do anything on the matter. (Case ref:1606762)
· Inconsistent tariff – Always increasing
o They increased the AMC from Rs.50 to Rs.200, i.e. 400% increase
o Limit card turnover limit decreased from 5 lakh to 2 lakh for PR-500. i.e. 60% increase in effective brokerage
o Rs.15 additional charge was introduced per trade for limit card users
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