On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:38 AM, renuka prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Arun M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> May be this should start from Karnataka. FSUG Banglore team may be able >> to start working on this. Can we get new government in Karnataka to >> endorse >> free software philosophy and begin the migration of schools to free >> software ?
On software patent meeting Vinay (IT4change) shared a news about Free software powered systems already reached karnataka Govt schools. I couldn't able to follow this with him yet. I think vinay is also a member of FSUG-Bangalore List. Please share more info on this AFAIK it is not happened through a Political decision. A member from IISc in Expert committee of this project suggested GNU/Linux as the Pre-installed Operating system. I think it opened up a huge possibility for spreading Free software in Karnataka. We have to find out the existing status first and and create a strategy for a statewide campaign. We need more volunteers all over the state to start this initiative and Creatively intervene in this Anivar > i think we should make a proper ground work and then approach with a more > meticulous proposal for adopting free softwares at school levels and then > slowly to all the other sectors.. > > I am interested to work towards this , can FSF-India ( or any body who feels > that they are one among responsible person of the Free Society ) give more > guidance about the approach that we need to make..as already it has > experience in making several types of proposals at different levels and to > different people. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FSUG-Bangalore mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mm.gnu.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fsug-bangalore > > -- Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds. _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list [email protected] http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends
