Absolute stonewalling! While I appreciate the creation of NRC-FOSS, sometimes, I get the feeling that it was created for situations that arise from questions like these. Notice how the minister says NRC-FOSS as if that is the only answer. What about policy to help open source compete on an equal footing? or at least issuing a guideline like the recent US Department of Defence memo on open source?
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/28/%7E/media/GIG/GCN/Documents/DOD_opensourcerules.ashx Venky On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Senthil S <[email protected]> wrote: > hi > > see the reason why free soft is not there in govt office - nrcfoss is to > create a culture - so that a informed decision by govt can be taken ! > > cheers > -s > > Question : P Rajeev ( CPI-M MP ) > > (a) whether Government has issued any order for using public domain software > such as open office in Government offices instead of proprietary software; > > (b) if so, number of departments/offices that have complied with the order; > and > > (c) if not, would the Government consider ensuring the use of public domain > software that are conforming to open standards as it provides advantages of > user freedom, lower cost, vendor independence, and as such beneficial to the > users? > > > ANSWER > MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SACHIN > PILOT ) > > (a): No, Sir. > > (b): Does not arise. > > (c): Government has set up a National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source > Software to carry out Reserach and Development, Human Resource Development, > resource centres creation in specific areas and their deployment with the > primary objective of building awareness and cultrue of Free and Open Source > Software uses, thereby helping users to take informed decision. > > > -- > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
