> linked to existing services like Savannah, Sarovar, Sourceforge.
The brainstorming did begin with a rant about the lack of an Indian
download mirror for SF.net, somewhat along the lines of the JAIST
download mirror. It then veered off towards providing a platform for
students - India (and student) specific software being mirrored on an
Indian "Sourceforge".
Its a good idea to have a platform for students to enter FOSS
programming. I guess SF is quite intimidating for a beginner (some may
disagree with me on this). I missed something like this during my
project days (which is just a few weeks ago ;-) )
There are many projects on sourceforge that have been abandoned and
can be taken up by some students for their academic projects. We could
sort these projects out from sourceforge and present those ideas too.
That would be a good way to start out as there is some base already
developed.
Siddhesh
--
http://siddhesh.tk
--
http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
