On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Ganesha Computes <[email protected]> wrote: > I have compiled an outline, advocating the use of Open-Source Software. > This list could be used by anyone wishing to make a case for Open-Source > Software. > You might not agree with all of it, but I would like to hear your views. > > Please help me improve this further: > > http://ownlifeful.blogspot.com/2013/04/india-and-open-source-software.html
You write "How should India use Open-Source Software? 1. Create a national Operating System distribution derived from Ubuntu Linux. 2. Mandate the use of the national distribution for all branches of government, and in public education. 3. Teach only non-proprietary programming languages in the Computer Science curriculum." We had a discussion on #1 which didn't see much participation from you. For the rest, you may also want to read <http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html> -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay <https://twitter.com/#!/sankarshan> _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
