On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Joseph Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Opposition to NUID is well taken. I too oppose it on many considerations. > > But if we fail to raise the issue of selection of SW platforms and document > formats, will it not result in the entire e-governance data and network > unilaterally controlled by the software corporates in collaboration with the > corrupt politician-bureaucracy nexus ? Failure to intervene will lead to the > much needed administrative reforms to be utilised by the unscrupulous > elements to restructure the state machinery to their advantage. > > Under the circumstances, I think any well meaning individual or organisation > is left with only two alternatives : > > a) Oppose the NUID project tooth and nail and try to defeat it at any > cost or > > b) Start intervening on as many points as possible including the very much > valid question of selection of SW platforms, document formats, data > structure, network architecture and data flow etc which, especially the > network architecture and data flow, will decide whether it could be used as > a tool of oppresssion or democratic expansion. >
We do not need any more arguments to do this, since our bottom line is all public funded projects should use free software. We need not justify a program because it uses free software. Nagarjuna _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
