On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Kinshuk Sunil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Narendra Sisodiya > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Kinshuk Sunil <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Kalpana <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I feel good regarding meeting. >> >> >> >> We should start to take up various aspect of FOSS in such type of >> >> meeting. >> >> 1 : At ground level >> >> 2 : At organization level >> >> 3 : At Technical level >> >> >> >> We has two presentation in this meeting One is on phython, One is on >> >> Debian. >> >> We all seen as technical person with our specs. That's natural, the >> >> next >> >> step to see at Application level with analysis , i.e. with reference to >> >> student, with reference to profession.....etc.. Make out the points >> >> very >> >> positively which have good out come. >> > >> > some things we should probably focus on: >> > * real life applications of open source tools and technologies; use >> > cases.. >> > * relevance of FOSS for the laymen (non-tech people) and enabling them >> > with >> > FOSS >> > * FOSS at policy level, eg: education >> > * indigenous FOSS projects >> > * hurdles in FOSS implementations and over-coming them. >> > these are some ideas, we should together think of some more. >> > >> >> >> >> ...... Guarav tried Koha with Debian and Piyush tried with cent OS. In >> >> spite of taking stand of our experience, here we should share the >> >> experience >> >> to be cooperative. >> > >> > Trust me, I am not holding out against individuals. I am willing to >> > collaborate with my blood and grit, if I can understand what to focus >> > on. I >> > am only asking hard questions, because I am seeking answers - to really >> > contribute and make a difference. >> >> Let me tell you again.. I wrote the term "discussion" a good number of >> times. >> nobody can decide,, community has to decide.. what can be done in "our >> community" meetup and how we can bring more and more >> collaboration/participation in So called "splitted FOSS community of >> NCR" >> > > Yes, i did read it when you published it. And I got that. > I think what we are having here is a discussion only. > So how do we take FOSS from a geek's level to the ground level, where it can > empower and enable the common man ? > Kalpana has a very valid poin there. +++++++++ See I see Crores of student in all over India, They all are going to learn some OS and computer software. I see a future and biggest impact if they all can use GNU/Linux , Second project I suggest is Spoken Tutorial. Govt has given 40 crore Rupees to promote FOSS using Video/ScreenCast. These are the two method which can bring change in India a lot and promote FOSS too. Luckly I am associated with both.
++++++++ >> >> Our FOSS concept is depend up already developed thing. We should thing >> >> little be creative without professional aspect. >> >> >> >> On 12/27/2010 06:55 PM, Abhishek Nandakumar wrote: >> >> >> >> To tone down tempers a bit and to reduce the number of emails I'm >> >> getting >> >> about what's essentially a non-issue let me point out that yesterday's >> >> event >> >> was great. Unfortunately though we were still promoting ideologies that >> >> most >> >> of us present there were already pretty aware of. The problem is of >> >> course >> >> that since all of us are beyond that stage and have already decided >> >> what is >> >> good or bad for us, at the end of the day we lacked a sense of >> >> achievement >> >> because what we did was no different from what we do in front of people >> >> who >> >> are unaware about FOSS. >> >> >> >> I believe these meetups are good but they need not have a single >> >> direction. A set of people could decide to do one thing, another can >> >> decide >> >> to do another. Each group of people may simultaneously work on >> >> different >> >> things and that could still be called a successful meetup. The aim is >> >> to get >> >> work done. >> >> >> >> When you say we're the people who need to organise an event of the >> >> scale >> >> of FOSS.IN/Freed.in, you're right. But then we don't want that to >> >> simply be >> >> just another random FOSS event where the same things are discussed for >> >> years >> >> together. FOSS goes beyond the small problems that a person would >> >> discuss in >> >> something like a workshop introducing Linux to people. We're all beyond >> >> that >> >> stage. And we probably need someone to remind us. -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
