On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 11:26 +0530, Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) wrote: > On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:05 AM, jitendra<[email protected]> wrote: > > Last year, 2008, the fyjc admission was made online using FOSS. > > The software is available for any one for asking. > > I was the architect on behalf of the government. > > I was instrumental in turning the decision of autorites from not going in > > for online to going in for online this year. > > That is when my contribution ended. > > > > Last year we used the latest MySQL (5.0) when our engineers had not enough > > experience( was that a sensible decision ? I feel yes as it was essentially > > a pilot) . It took two days to locate MySQL expert who was familiar with > > settings ( Courtesy Dainik Bhaskar) and the dying server revived in 10 > > minutes. > > > > While comparing last year with this, one may note the following: (not as > > excuses for failures) > > We had an entrepreneur to come forward taking no money from the government, > > no assurance of students using the system . It was optional. The physical > > form filling was alternative. The charges for service was Rs 5 , with > > exemption for first two applications. > > Instead , this year the centralised admission makes online compulsory for > > about 2 lakh students (after discounting the minority seats of about 1.5 > > lakhs.) > > Each student has to pay Rs 125/- > > The undersigned had offered the services for the govt as honorary. > > This time I was called in initial meetings. But later I was dropped. > > I may get a call again, I am told. > > > > What is at stake is faith of people in technology in mass usage. > > Also whether FOSS can serve better? > > Interesting... > > The decision makers will have tough time explaining their decision if > asked under RTI? > > KK, here is your chance to file an RTI application, instead of a > petition. What say? > Yes I agree. very good idea indeed. Infact I was asking some of my friends who are into law and work at reputed firms. They adviced me the same course of action.
I would be interested to have a private chat with you because I think some experienced person could be a better help. happy hacking. Krishnakant. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
