I think it would definitely be beneficial to have the meetings with ELCOT Director and IT Secretary. It would also be good to issue press releases to all major media channels - print+visual.
In Kerala for similar government level decisions what we (FSUG-Tvm) have done in the past have been to meet with and present an open letter to the relevant authorities. The copy of such letters were also released to the media along with the press release. Like mentioned earlier in the thread we will have limitations in what we can get done but the facts can be put out there, especially to the public. Additionally I would think that large IT companies might actually be happy to offer support on GNU/Linux installed machines if they can get a bulk order of 900,000 laptops and perhaps the cost of the proprietary software towards an extended AMC. In Kerala, we have seen results in some cases and none in some others but in almost all cases the points raised were covered by the media. So even if nothing comes out of the effort towards the context it would help in educating the public about the options available and implications in such matters. Thanks Anoop |-- | Zyxware Technologies | http://www.zyxware.com |-- | Be the change you wish to see in the world, M. K. Gandhi |-- _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
