> That is something advocacy should take care of, by > FOSS members. > > Web crawlers are also useful in this regard ... (1)
How exactly do you see web crawlers advocating a new resource to newbies? Don't you think they need something to crawl first, possibly pages which talk about what the new resource is and how it should be used? When I say advocacy - I mean taking concrete steps to _Actually_ advocate whatever you mentioned. Lets see you _do_ it. See further statements for what I mean. > ... and how many people across India _use_ or > connect to the Internet? Of course, I assumed you were savvy enough to realize that I meant those who have access to a computer and the web. You're *obviously* not going to go ask farmers in Mizoram whether they use wikis or not. We're talking about people who attend events like Freedel, Foss.in, various OSS conferences, people who are web savvy, Linux and OSS savvy, and know what we're talking about. Don't overgeneralize. > 1. Advocacy. > 2. Advocacy. > 3. Adovcacy. This is what I call trolling. We _Know_ you want to advocate this. HOW do you suggest we advocate? TV ads? More email messages? IRC conversations? Pamphlets? Lets have a list of concrete steps. > That is what most Indians in India do, ask someone > else to do or put > the blame on others. Not new to me :) Yes, and you've just established yourself as their leader. Instead of taking a dig at people, and giving us a valid but completely useless list, maybe you can provide us with a list of things to actually do. Assume we're clueless and look upon you for enlightenment. Seriously. Why don't _you_ step out from the ranks of what you assume are people with no initiative and show some yourself? -- Viksit Gaur viksit at aya dot yale dot edu http://viksit.com Just because you have a mind like a hammer doesn't mean you should treat everyone else like a nail - Terry Pratchett __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
