Hi, On 7/30/07, Dinesh Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe the case in rest of India but I've not observed that in the metros > - well, atleast in Mumbai or Delhi.
True. Unfortunately, I saw that difference in reality, metros and rest of India. There is so much difference between people living in metros, and elsewhere. Metros have "exposure" to the outside world. Internet connectivity and dial-up connection is still a big problem in trying to get students into FOSS project from small towns, and rural areas. In contrast, you see an open-air hacker meet, Chaos Communication Camp, in a camping area: http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/Intro/ > Well they couldnt be more wrong. Language is THE carrier of knowledge. I > guess these same people would be up in arms if I dont make a valid > XHTML / HTML 4.01 standards compliant page or write a valid CSS. You can get away with programming languages, as it is math. Most Indian programmers that I have worked are good mathematicians. They can explain things so beautifully in their local language, and they understand it better. But, they couldn't convey it to international clients. These are some of the challenges that I faced with FOSS in India. I'll stop here. -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
