On 13 Oct 2002, Tathagata Banerjee wrote: > folks, it looks like we're waking up at last. > > russell, you may find this specially interesting.
Posted it on Wednesday ;-) http://weblog.flora.org/article.php3?story_id=254 As I read it, I didn't get the impression this was a new announcement. I did meet up with Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala from IIT madras who was presenting at GlobalCN last week <http://weblog.flora.org/article.php3?story_id=253>. We didn't have much chance to talk, but he spoke about some TeNeT projects to get Networked PC's out to rural areas. The hope is to grow computer communications in the way that STD has for telephone. http://www.tenet.res.in/ I asked him about the use of Free Software. While these workstations duel/dual boot with GNU/Linux, they also have Windows. They also spent a fair amount of resources on localizing Microsoft Office for a few languages. I am wondering if people here could connect to this project and see what more can be done to move these services off of Microsoft and onto entirely Free Software. It would be great to see these project allow people in remote villiages to actually participate in Free Software projects. BTW: For an idea of what we are doing in Ottawa, see: http://weblog.flora.org/article.php3?story_id=256 This is more local media attention for our "Getting Open Source Logic INto Governments (GOSLING)" group. --- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> See http://weblog.flora.ca/ for announcements, activities, and opinions Speaking next in Toronto: Rabble Rumble on Digital Copyright Reform http://www.digital-copyright.ca/discuss/all?subject=Rabble -- 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
