*HI,* * Well my name is Pushp,,,I was going through all the E Mails which were forwarded to me as well.First of all I would like to tell that am a BCA student and am in 5th semester,ever since i cleared my 12th and opted for BCA i have been always inclined towards LINUX.* *The reason being that my brother inspired me for that ,my brother is in canada now and he is MCA and he is a master in linux,,,i always go thru all his CDs and his collection of all the books on linux,and keeps on going thru E books,he is like master in linux.* * Due to inspiration that I got from him,I attended freed.in last year which was in JNU and also attended the conference in HABITAT centre,,I always wish to attend each and every thing which has some connection with Linux,I never miss any chance,I keep on goin thru the blogs in google as well.* * I think that rite now the disscussion you guys are doin is on the focus on linux ,I mean that last time the the thing was not actually focused on linux and opensource,well am new to all this,Though I am not able to properly cope up with this discussion because u guys are master and am just a student rite now..also i wud like to add that the session which i attended at habitat centre it was not of freed.in I think that was from some other oraginsation am not able to recall the name of the oraginsation.That session was pretty interesting and i got something to learn from there.Though am tying hard to understand and cope up with freed.in but I feel sometime that this is not the right time,Its my deep request to all the masters that please suggest me all the things coz i wish to be like u all are. Also please lemme know about the next upcoming sessions and all the things,I will try my best to manage with u all and keep on trying .As i am in fifth semester and i wud be clearing my BCA in july am completely focused toward the opensource and linux,,,,* * Sorry for wasting your precious time by interfering in between.Mysincere appologies to all if u find this mail a CRAP.I wud have never mailed u guys but cant help my love and interest towards Linux made me write all this.All i want is suggestion from u guys that am i doing right by attending freed.in at this point of time,,or I should go for some proffesional course for linux first and then I shud go for these things,all i want is ur suggestions,,,,,,,* ** * Thanking you ,* * sincerely,* * Pushp*
On 12/27/07, Saurabh Nanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you look at our country (and probably most developing countries), you > > will see that the fundamental issues relate to availability of > > knowledge, not availability of software. > > > Posting free CDs of > > Linux to people who don't have the computers to run them on won't help > > in any of these areas -- software isn't the whole solution, it's just > > part of it. > > Exactly. This whole thing about the "knowledge economy" is not > necessarily about software. Its about mind sets. It's the same mind > set that is required to get an RTI act into effect. Sure, the RTI act > is more effective if the information dissemination is not through > individual applications and replies -- but it still works without the > software. > > > So where is that huge fund of knowledge that is lying with the > > individuals of India? Can I access it? Can I use it? Can I enhance > > it? No, since it's hidden away in the minds and collective wisdom in > > villages and small towns, whose people do not have any means available > > for expressing that wisdom and sharing it with the rest of the world. > > One of freed.in's goals at this event is to discuss ways forward for > > enabling the free collection and dissemination of knowledge, no matter > > where in this country or in the developing world it exists. > > At the risk of oversimplification: Today's society and economy is > hinged upon the availability of knowledge. Digital technologies have > proven to be an effective way for sharing such knowledge. Digital > technologies are not available to most of India (especially rural > parts). Is Freed.in about bridging this digital divide? > > > Finally, to answer the question you raised raised at the end of your > > first para, knowledge that is hidden away in a proprietary format, no > > matter how prevalent the format or how high the quality of the > > knowledge, is useless in the new paradigm IMNSHO. > > No. In fact, I said that knowledge needs to be stored in open formats > and transmitted using standard (open) protocols. That's necessary. > What's not necessary is that the *tools* required to manipulate these > formats be free and open source. For example, a Wiki developed in .Net > and deployed on Microsoft Server 2k with IIS as the web server is > still a Wiki. It will achieve the purpose of knowledge sharing in the > same way a Twiki on LAMP does. > > Saurabh. > -- > http://nandz.blogspot.com > http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > Freed mailing list > [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/freed >
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