> What things would have been done already? Their tender says that it should > be able to compile the WRF model latest version (along with components) > which itself is a work in progress. There maybe bugs in it which the person > getting tender has to help sort out. > These work stations are communicating with some high end servers where > models will be running. > In different locations support will have to be provided which costs money.
Many big corporations depend on gcc. They would have faced the problem and fixed many problems already. >> >> Except for one all other packages are already available in Ubuntu >> repository. All open source applications do compile with gcc even if not >> available in the repository. > > Support is always a requirement when so many tools are there and where the > projects have to be supported for an extended period like 5 years. Migration > etc is not easy. Nothing wrong in people being available for sorting out > problems. > We should be glad NWP is using FOSS components. > Read the last two pages of the tender. Their requirement is clearly written > and It is obvious that the support needs money. > The software can be free (as in free beer) but the support is not. Giving > support for huge projects is not trivial which needs investments in > infrastructure and manpower. I agree that support needs money. Assuming support is used I was wondering why the talent is not developed in house? Many other countries develop such talent in house and reduce cost. We can also use people from IITs / NITs / Government funded colleges. The man power is wasted. I do wish to say Indian government departments are doing great stuff but reality seems different. Thanks and Regards, PrasannaKumar -- -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Linux User Group @ IIT Delhi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
