Dear shrini, you may recall that I had suggested that some of you meet up with dr. Nakkeeran, director of Tamil virtual academy.There is an advisory committee to recommend hardware and software for the incubation centre. A meeting is scheduled on 10th. Some of you could suggest the software set from FOSS arena - can be sent to me or discussed and collated in this list so that I can pass on the same during the meeting.
To start with, the recommendation is to provide development facilities to individuals or small groups. While the govt would like to use the output in the state depts and agencies, the developer has an option to take the product and sell. We plan to suggest the FOSS route, but there are many steps in between. I fell the following action will help: Recommend a plethora of FOSS tools and apps which will help the developer While windows, photoshop, etc., are likely to enter the space, we plan to ensure that at least 3-4 systems will be Linux based, MySQL -PostgreSQL can be the main databases, libreoffice, gimp, blender, orca, etc., will find a place. Mr. Prince from Nic and myself on behalf of nr cfoss/cdac, with help from other members (mani manivannan, chellappan) hope to offer FOSS related support from the organs, lug and other communities. Pool up info on useable work already done in Indian languages Propose projects by FOSS Tamil community members -- taking advantage of similar works done elsewhere and show casing how the community interactions help. The mail members may have other suggestions. Thanks and best wishes Srinivasan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
