On Sat, 2012-01-14 at 13:33 +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 01/14/2012 10:04 AM, kenneth gonsalves wrote: > > I made this remark because it shows a large number of people from > > Chennai are members of github, and if an all India search is done, > it > > re-read my original reply, I recommended that as a place to start from > - > not an exhaustive list, of people who might be local. Also, the > advantage of a github lookup is that it allows you to look at the code > these people are working with, which then gives people the advantage > of > considering what these people are doing and also create a route of > contact.
and all I said is the best place to start with are the bird sanctuaries like ilugc and chennaipy. > step,1 however, would be having a positive outlook and the willingness > to actually do something. Open Source is driven by people who come > from > two very specific mindets : (a) those who are either sponsored to do > so, > or people who are working on open source as a part of their job and > (b) > people who are looking to solve and resolve specific issues that > *they* > have run into or inherited, either for work for otherwise. There are a > lot of other people who contribute as well. But code resilience and > drive comes almost exclusively from these two sets of people. you have much more experience in this area - but as far as India is concerned, the people in 'a' only contribute as long as the money is available. > And finally, open source isnt just about Code, its also about the > entire > ecosystem that facilities this code exchange, use, feedback and > communities. Lots of the 'people' involved at various levels are > solving > their own specific issues, join them with constructive feedback and > make > it easy for people to bridge the gap from user to abuser to > contributor, > and we all win. this very true - unfortunately in India a few people have misunderstood linus's 'show me the code' quote and a lot of their clueless followers still believe that only those who write code are contributing to open source. > Create silo's and everyone loses. > > > will show a huge number from India. Of these users, in my opinion, > less > > than 5% are contributors to open source. I recognise many names in > the > > I wasent, just as the OP, looking for your opinion. that link points > to > a set of people who's code ( or lack of ) is very visible. Look at it, > treat it as you will and move on. Your opinion is a bit redundant > here. what are you getting uptight about? You stated an opinion. I stated an opinion. I may feel your's is redundant and you may feel mine is. Chill. > > > As for your analogy, if you want to know the number of people who > travel > > by train to go bird watching, it is foolish to watch the trains and > try > > to identify the 0.0001 percentage of the travelers who are going to > > watch birds - it is far easier to go to the bird sanctuary and find > out > > the number of people there who commute by train. > > Sure, and you will find them as they get off the train at the > sanctuary > entrance. Did you confuse yourself a bit trying to come up with an > analogy ? > > not really - my analogy is quite clear. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
