Let's hear if DIT(or MIT or whatever) has some plan
first. If like every thing the Govt department does
not know what to do and how to... then what is the
point in sharing our views.
>>>>>>>>>
1. Govt. does have a plan and it is under this plan they have come up up
points for discussion.
early next week they are organising a high level meet to initiate actions on
those points.
The exhaustive list of points for discussion are:
1. Setting up of Resource Centres
2. Setting up of pilot sites for various application sectors
3. Policy issues
3.1 Policies on procurement: No specification in tenders in favour of
proprietary platforms i.e. open source or neutral.
3.2 Setting up of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and support to users in
� Government
� e-Governance
� Defense
� Education sector (including schools)
� SME sector, rural users, cyber cafes
4. Support to tools/application development
5. Strategic research studies/Neutral studies on
� Cost of ownership
� Bench marking
� Security issues
� Scalability
� Adoption in other countries and verticals etc.
6. Introduction in curricula of engineering colleges, universities/colleges
7. Localization
8. Contribution to Linux development and associated R&D
9. Allocation of nominal funds in DIT budget, budgets of Central
Ministries/Departments and State Government budgets to support the above
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