FOSS has made great strides in IT industry and is widely recognised, respected and used by knowledgable IT professionals and organisations. However, non-IT Professionals and non-IT Organisations largely seem to completly miss the bus as far as FOSS is concerned. These segments are still possessed by many a myths on FOSS which have time and again been debunked by the FOSS Community.
Most active LUG / FOSS community members are primarily driven by IT as a passion. However, for many of those for whome IT is neither a passion nor a profession continue to be in dark ages as far as FOSS is concerned. Incidently, many of these non-IT people influence decisions in many ways in places where FOSS can play a significant role. A need is felt to have a "Special Interest Group" within the LUG, which can discuss methods, plan activities and create resources to help reach these non-IT decision makers, so as to enhance the potential for FOSS use in a larger segment of our society and economy. The above follows from the thread of discussions following Sudev Brar's earlier posting "[Cut & Paste] Vista EULA" on the ilugd mailing list. While most certainly the ilugd general mailing list is the breeding ground for many an idea which are helpful for the above cause, but is less meaningful to the audience to which the above "Special Interest Group" is being targetted. It is for the more technology inclined and for a general believer in doing things by his own hands. The "Special Interest Group" will be a focussed area of activity with its own specific agenda. I sincerely believe that it will bring positive synergies for the fundamental cause we stand for. Definetly there are a large number of similar groups already in existence, but a new one under the ilugd shall give a fresh impetus in a new direction, bringing practicing people from the industry in the NCR to a common platform. The Business and Industry are faced with many an unique problem which mostly escape the attention of the existing ilugd general mailing list or gets tagged as "Commercial". I strongly propose creation of a separate "Special Intrerest Group" under the ilugd, with an independent mailing list. Comments and suggestions please. Anand Shankar _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
