The recent brouhaha over the government’s publication of a utility for Tax filing in Excel format, which goes clearly against the stated software policy ( link ) and community’s ( specifically, Anoop John’s ) response to it shows why FOSS should be encouraged.
When an issue like this occurs, if there is a healthy free software community in place, they will respond to it loudly and some actions speak louder than words. Kudos to Anoop for doing this. Anoop, your time was not wasted at all.