It is not that ppl are not interested in FOSS these days its coz students like me are not getting a way to get involve in it. Slowly technical students like me are getting the test of Open source software and its potential + challenges faced using it. We just need a platform that can pass the knowledge to newbies from the expert ones.
Regards Sunoj Kathford FOSS Community On 2/7/11, Jitendra kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:11 AM, samundra shrestha > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> yeah it's true that FOSS is having less number of activities and less >> participations int he program. In previous CAN infotech I used to see the >> FOSS install (one with Nepalinux) which I couldn't see this year. This >> also >> shows that FOSS is lacking participations and those involved with the FOSS >> are diverted to other fields don't know why. This is the reasons why FOSS >> needs to have new members and needs to be initiated from the new beginning >> point. And to do this new faces are required. >> >> Hope this makes some sense to reorganize the FOSS members. I am always >> interested in the involvement to FOSS but when I visited the FOSS office >> (PATAN, YalamalaKendra) > > > There is no FOSS Nepal's office at Yala Maya Kendra. It was only a common > venue for most of the FOSS Programs. > > >> I was confused and didn't know what to do. I could see noone. That was >> just >> long ago. >> >> >> All I can say is there are new interested people in FOSS who needs to get >> chance for involvement either as volunteers or dedicated staffs. >> >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:37 AM, >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Today's Topic Summary >>> >>> Group: http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal/topics >>> >>> - My Dilemma <#12dfe5f343372259_12dfd2d8e1bb81e0_group_thread_0> [1 >>> Update] >>> >>> Topic: My >>> Dilemma<http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal/t/f6b63e5ea0a48ceb> >>> >>> pravin joshi <[email protected]> Feb 06 08:40AM -0800 >>> ^<#12dfe5f343372259_12dfd2d8e1bb81e0_digest_top> >>> >>> This morning I was talking to people who are well-wishers of FOSS >>> Nepal regarding some system design issues. During a part of that >>> conversation there was one task extremely suitable for an organization >>> like FOSS Nepal to carry out. So I brought that up and they told me >>> directly that involving FOSS Nepal would not make much sense as FOSS >>> Nepal was near dead. Then moving with that conversation they were of >>> the view that FOSS Nepal's present is bleak and it does not seem to >>> have a future. >>> So after they left I got around to thinking a little, because what >>> they said really struck me. >>> When I thought about it I realised that FOSS Nepal has been shrinking >>> in its charm, for whatever it used to be. The events has been reduced, >>> activities has decreased. So much so the mails in the mailing list has >>> decreased. Before, same time last year, was an average of 7-8 to mails >>> a day. Now we are hitting 2-3 average or even less for a long stretch >>> few days back. One can always check the FOSS mailing list to verify >>> that. >>> That sense of purpose seems to have run out. I understand that people >>> have to do their thing, but maybe we were not able to generate a >>> future generation of people with purpose. >>> The pool of people, that are the heart and soul of this community, >>> seems to be drying out. >>> >>> So my Dilemma is : is this the start to the end??? or is this a start >>> of a new dawn??? >>> >>> Pravin >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >>> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> Mailing List Guidelines: >>> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >>> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> With best regards, >> Samundra Shrestha >> >> -- >> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >> > > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > -- Regards Sunoj -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
