steve wrote: > On 09/25/2009 02:36 PM, Roshan Mathews wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Mohan Sundaram<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Ha ha ha. Such nincompoops. Tech guys cannot have a say on >>> specification. So much for their belief in themselves. Shame on NIC. I >>> wish our Govt appoints a CTO inclined towards FOSS for ICT like the US >>> has. >>> >> If the users want Macs then that's what they should get, what has the >> tech team got to do with this? >> > ehe, it ideally should be the tech team's responsibility to decide > what would work best for the user. Just because 'User' wants that new > shiny malware rich flash based resource hogging widget, a good > sysadmin does not let him have it. Same argument applies here. > > cheers, > - steve > I agree with you Roshan. Tech guys can recommend and convince the end users (business users.) It is the business users who are paying for services / product. What they ultimately ask for goes in the tender / RFP / PO.
I have seen this notion among many in LUGs around the world. They want every one to use FOSS and yet forget the first guiding principal of Open-source -- FREEDOM. The business user has the FREEDOM to choose. IT dept is only a support department in any organization or govt. IT dept don't have any REVENUE model. When you don;t have a revenue model you are at the most only an advisory dept. The question is not on the WHY on the tender you have proprietary stuff. It is if NIC guys have done enough to promote open-source. Our govt on one hand talks of going open-source way and on the other hand pay license taxes... The policy makers have to set the policy straight and ensure compliance. Then the business users are bound to limit their purchases within the policy items. Our govt wants to accommodate every one (remember -- Bill gates has thrown the bread crumb in the form of AIDS support.) So how do you expect guys sitting at NIC to only propose FOSS solution always. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
