On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 17:06, narendra sisodiya < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Samyak Bhuta <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Kussh Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> @Delhi Univ microsoft softwares > >> > >> Try an RTI application to find who sanctioned/approved the > implementation of > >> Microsoft softwares at Delhi Univ. Those key people will be the ones who > >> will have been paid a percentage of the profits or they could have been > >> armtwisted by bureaucrats/politicians/funders. > >> > >> kabir.org.in parivartan.com satark nagrik sangathan ccsindia.org > tehelka.com > >> etc could help in framing the rti applications correctly so that it has > >> maximum impact. UGC etc which funds Delhi univ could also be applied to > >> since it may be a party to this heraferi as well as the Min of HRD or > its > >> constituents/consultants. > >> > >> Once proper information gets found and PUBLICISED, such underhanded > deals > >> will be more difficult to justify. > >> > >> But ferreting out this information will take sustained effort and time > by > >> dedicated group of people. Information found out will come in a series > of > >> steps--like the peeling of an onion to get to the core. Repeated RTI > >> applications will have to be given to different agencies as newly > discovered > >> information comes to the fore. > >> > >> A classic example of how RTI was recently used to uncover the process of > >> nepotism etc in appointments at the central information commission is at > >> http://www.box.net/shared/igrfvtd2gy and that will bring transparency > in the > >> process in the long run. The rti process took a few months to uncover. > >> > >> Kussh > >> http://ccs.in/ccsindia/2009-dch/book_dch_2009.pdf > >> > >> -- > >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > >> > >> > > > > Good too see the site is on PHP a FLOSS artifact ! With some profiling > > tool it would be easy to see rest of the s/w stack responsible > > Wordpress + Apache + Linux ? or something of that sort ...So need to > > tell them that they are laready using FLOSS ... > > > > Just my two cents, > > > > Samyak > I have composed > http://lug-iitd.org/Letter/An_Open_Letter_to_Dr_Vimal_Rarh , Please > edit and modify it. > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > > Guys.. The best idea is to make something a DeFacto standard. Make FOSS a fashion. Let's create modules and blog posts on how attractive Free S/w actually IS. Let us educate more people on this subject. Lets discuss ideas on ads and sharing them. ___Sudarsan
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