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2004 | Rachna Subramanian , TNN BANGALORE: The large fan
following of Linux (an open source software) in the software
development world spells doom for proprietary software,
especially Microsoft, predict the Linux camp. Officials of the
software monarch Microsoft, quite naturally, dismiss the claim.
Exodus of independent software vendors (ISV's) from Microsoft to
Linux is a fantasy. Software developers are moving from Unix (a
computer operating system) to Linux and are not dumping
Microsoft, said company officials. February 22, 2004 | Ground
Realities / Divyakanth Mehta Whether decision taken from time to
time by various High Courts and Supreme Court are binding upon
the Lower Courts &Municipal Corporation? If they do not follow
it, is there any remedy? Yusufbhai Nasikwala. While fixing the
rateable value in accordance with the Act, the Investigating
Officer is bound to take into consideration the various
decisions and interpretation pronounced