Yes, the eBarnamala is indeed a product of hard work!! I was really amazed by the quality of graphics and games that have been added into the software to make it a useful learning tool for children. I am confident the software would prove to be a viable solution for both enterprise and public sectors as Mr. Jha has indicated.
I congratulate and thank Pravin sir and his team for sharing this knowledge to the FOSS community. Best Regards, Dilip Gautam ----------------------------------- Application Developer Avionté Software www.avionte.com On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Shishir Jha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > Few weeks backs there was a post about a software called eBarnamala. This > is the snippet from its website http://www.bvs.edu.np/eBarnamala/ > > "*eBarnamala was conceived as a play thing for small children. * > The Programming effort was started exactly on 20th August, 2008, in Scratch > first, and then onto Python. > Currently the downloads are available as binary for windows and source for > all other platforms. > eBarnamala has been test on winxp (home and professional editions) and > Ubuntu Linux 8.04. > eBarnamala is written in Python and requires wxPython and PIL (Python > Imaging Library) for its operation. > It uses two fonts - Aalekh and Kalimati." > > IMHO, I think it is a very good FOS software and a tremendous effort by BVS > to do some development based on Python. If I may say so, I have been > involved in reviewing (just reviewing) the software from its early days and > I have to admit that it has evolved beautifully. Without a doubt, it is > among the software that has the potential to make big in both rural and > urban schools and self-based learning centers. But, as with any product, > without a proper publicity and adaptation, the product never attains the > goal for which it is designed. Hence for this purpose, on behalf of FOSS > Nepal and the Programmer Mr. Prabin Joshi, I would like to request all the > FOSSians to distribute and use this software in every possible sites (i.e. > schools, learning centers, e-Libraries, etc) we have FOSSians have access > to. > > See, its a known fact that without pushing and advertising no product and > no software can make big. The reason Ubuntu is big is because of the way > Mark Shuttleworth subtly but effectively advertises his product. Moreover, > the essence of FOSS has in some ways already been instilled into people's > mind, hence the definite next step forward now would be to push home grown > softwares like these into market and all the sites where FOSSians have > access. So, on behalf of eBarnamala and FOSS I would once again like request > members to firsty try it and use it in schools, learning centers, > e-Libraries, etc. I also wish to request organizations like KUOSC and FOSS > communities outside Kathmandu to distribute this software in there catchment > centers and schools. > > This is among the first step towards transforming FOSS's image from just > being an ideology to a viable solution for both enterprise and public > sectors. So, I hope everyone in this list will take this opportunity and do > all that they can in their reach to distribute this software. > > Cheers > -- > Shishir Jha > EPC 1970,GPO 8975, > KTM,NEPAL > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
