On Monday 14 December 2009, Guru गुरु wrote: > jtd wrote: > > This tender is for development of Software for incident tracking, > > particularly for militant related incidents using google earth and MOS > > SHAREPOINT. > > > > Thank god I dont live in Kashmir. > > > > http://tenders.gov.in/innerpage.asp?choice=tc5&tid=del263006&work=1 > > Dear JTD > > Sorry for sounding like a stuck record, can I request if you could write > to the authorities using a FOSSCOMM template.
Yes. I am doing that. Posted to keep the list informed. There is one more tender for CISF CCTV systems mandating M$2003. This is the worst possible os for raid + high speed read / write. > Many times people are > simply not aware of FOSS or FOSS options. A letter will make them think > and even if not this time, next time they would hesitate before going > proprietary way. > > I have made an initial draft that could be modified as required and used > for this purpose. In this specific case, we can also warn of the > security implications of using proprietary software and that open source > should be mandated wherever there are security implications. Excellent. Url please. -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
