On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Soumyadip Modak wrote: Many things.
Thank you for the clarifications, and it did correct some mistakes in my reading of your words. I do apologize for misinterpreting your being proud of India. As to the choice: I agree that the average user may not be interested in being the person to make the choice between ICT superpower or colony, but your governments (ie: all the levels) are interested in that question. It may be because I do a lot of government lobbying here, but trying to educate your governments about this question could make a very large change in the future. It is also the LUGs that are the non-governmental community most equipped to help make the connections for government. I will offer to do whatever I can via Email, but there isn't all that much I can do from here other than offer words of encouragement to the members of LUGs. Is anyone in the LUG aware of anyone in Indian government (and specifically Calcutta and WB) that is aware of what Peru and other countries are doing? Just like Canada is risking falling off of the ICT world-map by not being visably involved in this (The Canadian government currently has no official position at all), I have been surprised to not be seeing any announcements out of India on this question. --- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> See http://weblog.flora.ca/ for announcements, activities, and opinions http://www.flora.ca/osss2002/ "Open Source Solutions Showcase" (Past) Next: GOSLINGS (Getting Open Source and Linux INto GovernmentS) -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
