On 3/23/07, Pradeepto Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, Dr. Nagarjuna did tell me ( and Anurag ) about this development. Apparently the lead guy of the cybercafe association has asked for help and is willing to move to Linux. Basic idea, is to have a workshop for some number of cyber cafe owners to start off so that they can completely migrate there Windows boxes to some free operating system. After the workshop, we help a selected group or some such to migrate and keep a check on them if things are alright at thier cafes.
Thats a great news !! I want to make one suggestion here . The cafe owners would n't be much interested in terms like FOSS and free software , which would be difficult for them to digest. It would be beneficial to concentrate on cost ( free as in inexpensive or phukat in Marathi :) ) . So , if any of the members on the list are aware of the cost of the pricing ( licensing and others if any ) , it can be shown how much money they can saved by the cafe owners. I am sure that in the money saved they will be able to buy atleast one more computer. Needless to say , Linux equivalents of windows software used by cafes is a prerequisite . Regards, Sourabh -- www.yuj.in -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
