One area where we could have made a difference was the tender for data centers. But did not see anyone taking any interest in it.
Kenney Jacob FaceBook <http://www.facebook.com/kenneyjacob> Twitter<http://twitter.com/kenneyjacob> Blog <http://www.kenneyjacob.com> Company <http://www.ayruz.com> On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Praseed Pai <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all , > > I think , some kind of politics between the UDF and LDF is the reason > behind this criticism. > > But , > > Let us ponder a bit deeper > > Is there any company exists in Kerala who can do a project of this > magnitude using FOSS tools ? > > Only a deep pocketed company can bid for this and I doubt , any FOSS based > company in kerala ( for that matter , India and probably in the whole world > ) is in a position to do this. Maximum strength I have seen is under > Hundred. ( I am counting on LAMP stack companies here. I do not know of any > company worth mentioning which specializes in Free Software alone . Most > companies use FOSS tools as a way to lessen the running cost ) > > Is there any way out ? > > Kerala Govt. Should spend hell lot of money to set up a Software company , > Data center and related infrastructure to have a FOSS based billing software > for KSEB. > > But, When Govt. can get the work done through Compettitive billing , what > is the point in taking that head ache. I do not think , any sane govt. will > do it. > > Can community help ? > > I have noticed a curious pattern in FOSS community in Kerala. Most of them > are System adminstrators specializing in GNU Linux tools. If there are > software professionals , they are freelancers who look for opportunistic > work ! ( Most of them are too lazy to work in a team environment and on top > of it , poor communicators too ) > > For Enterprise Software , Java or the .NET is the obvious choice . So , > only a company which specializes in it can build such a software. Let us > throw out .NET out of the equation. I have seen FOSS enthusiast , I have > seen Java Enthusiast , I have not seen much FOSS JAVA enthusiasts! > > So , FOSS community cannot do anything here. Let the proprietory people > take the initiative or let the status quo remain untill , we build a > community of programmers or some deep pocketed companies do this . > > Here talk about Freedom , Licensing and other petty issues do not take us > forward. > > > > regards > Praseed Pai > http://praseedp.blogspot.com > > > > > --- On *Sat, 11/6/10, Ranjith S <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Ranjith S <[email protected]> > Subject: [ILUG-Cochin.org] Fwd: Another Attack to Free Software > To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software" < > [email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010, 6:15 AM > > > > Regards > > Ranjith Siji > Walking Ants Technologies > http://www.walkingants.com > http://ranjith.zfs.in > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Ranjith S* > <[email protected]<http://us.mc520.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: 2010/11/6 > Subject: Another Attack to Free Software > To: > [email protected]<http://us.mc520.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/604099/2010-11-06/kerala > Kerala News - ബില്ലിങ് കമ്പ്യൂട്ടര്വത്കരണം: സ്വതന്ത്ര > സോഫ്റ്റ്വെയറിനെതിരെ കെ.എസ്.ഇ.ബി എന്ജിനിയര് സംഘടന - India, World News - > Mathrubhumi Newspaper > Edition<http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/604099/2010-11-06/kerala> > Mathrubhumi,Malayalam Newspaper Edition Online,Kerala News - ബില്ലിങ് > കമ്പ്യൂട്ടര്വത്കരണം: സ്വതന്ത്ര സോഫ്റ്റ്വെയറിനെതിരെ കെ.എസ്.ഇ.ബി > എന്ജിനിയര് സംഘടന - India, World News > > Regards > > Ranjith Siji > Walking Ants Technologies > http://www.walkingants.com > http://ranjith.zfs.in > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected]<http://us.mc520.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] >
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