Goood idea,
how about starting FOSS services and support.
Regards
Ujwal
On May 25, 11:22 pm, "Prasanna Gautam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> yeah... it's a nice idea and all.. but the question is that how are we going
> to sustain some endeavor of this kind? there needs to be some mechanism...
> perhaps even a company behind it ... just volunteer effort from community
> wont take it for long.. I'm looking at 5-10 years down the line... I'd like
> to see FOSS and FOSS members driving the tech corporate culture in Nepal...
> and many of us too i believe...
> In terms of commitment, although I can commit a lot of time for now.. it
> wont be true in the future... There can be a sound guideline over the bounds
> that developers and members can follow.... In situations of time
> constraints, such modular system will be useful and for people it's much
> better to work on a fixed set of goals instead of a giant blob of a vague
> vision..
> we need to put money in the equation along with freedom if we need to make
> it work.. like showing companies... govt.. they'll save/make money with
> foss... and same goes for developers... who will put their time into FOSS
> projects... and other enthusiasts who will support...
> One thing we need to be clear is that FOSS is not totally "social work" and
> "altruism," surely, compared to a lot of NGOs who claim to do these things..
> we are doing more social work... but we need a far clearer vision if we are
> going into the territory... because we'll make some new/old enemies... along
> with new friends...
> I don't want this to be just another project that managed to get off the
> ground but
>
> On 5/26/07, { K I R A N } < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > There are some organizations who want to migrate their system from Windows
> > to Linux, but as we all know, they don't know about linux and they want to
> > start adopting open source in their work. Can we form a kind of mechanism to
> > support such type of organization/person, who want to migrate??
>
> > It is the real issue to promote Open Source for every one not only for
> > Geeks...
>
> > Himali Kiran
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