On Jun 20, 2008, at 10:33 PM, jaHsaaymi wrote: > > Sorry for being in the wrong forum. Personally I think the biotech > vision is more important than the IT things in Nepal as IT is bound to > happen even without the support and bio-tech is not going to happen > without it. > Thinking might also be done with ones perspective and your argument might be correct, but when there is a discusion involving hence and thence and proving superiority of ones field and regarding others as "antonymous" I want to add one thing. IT is a tool and just a tool, Open Source is philosophy and our group adheres the view. Now what's biotech? I found the literal definition as : biotechnology |ˌbīōtekˈnäləjē| noun the exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes, esp. the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc. Any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific I don't see any harm or wrong in prospecting Bio-tech and IT or even more specifically Open Source. Furthermore amalgamation of two will certainly benefit, let's encourage the argument and ideas of increasing such things. At last I didn't understand why IT would develop by itself ? Is it a magic wand that philosopher will point at you and say abaracadabra and you become Master of IT. Don't forget how much world economy have contributed and benefited from IT, and when that was happening think what would have happened if biotechnology was solely funded (I mean without use of IT). I strongly believe even biotechnology wouldn't have been to this peak without usages of IT. > jaH > > On Jun 19, 3:32 pm, "Shankar Pokharel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sagun, >> >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Sagun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> As some of you must have known that the CPN Maoist has decided to >>> alot 2.5 >>> crores in research and development and it is being said that >>> science and >>> technology is one of their top priorities. Right now their >>> priority is >>> biotechnology but IT can also be used as a tool for boost in the >>> economy. >> >> I was unaware of this and I'm lil bit confused with this. Is CPN >> Maoist(the party) going to spend 2.5 crore in research and devt or >> will that be from the "to be formed" government's budget? >> >>> We are trying to make a proposal to the Maoist leadership on >>> science and >>> technology especially on IT plans. Our goal is to help government >>> to bring a >> >> And who does the term "we" refer to? Is it any particular >> organization/group? >> >> ~Shankar >> >>> considerable amount of investment from abroad and create more and >>> more good >>> paid jobs. Right now our network has contributers from the US, >>> Europe and >>> Asia pacific. I think if FOSS Nepal can make a proposal of >>> framework we can >>> put the agendas on FOSS in the IT policy proposal (which can be the >>> elaborate form of vision paper that Subir dai , Hempal dai and >>> Akhil dai >>> made 3 or 4 years back). I would like to request the current body >>> under >>> Subir leadership to start discussions on what could be suggested >>> to the >>> future government. We had tried a lot in past (when i was in >>> Nepal) to >>> convince the government about FOSS Nepal's vision and now I think >>> its a >>> better opportunity because, the party is itself showing some >>> interest in the >>> technology. >> >>> Not just the core team, there are many silent subscribers in the >>> mailing >>> list who are business leaders, academicians and professionals who >>> can >>> contribute to us. I think their voice and vision will be very >>> important for >>> the proposal. >> >>> -- >>> Warm Regards, >>> S Dhakhwa > >
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