On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Indranil Das Gupta <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Now if they are / were an autonomous society, can one claim abandonment by > the GoWB? On the other hand, the life members of IOTA have either resigned > or filed their resignations or want to get out of it ASAP. So, who is > abandoning whom? In fact, the word on the street is that NASSCOM has been > approached to take over the reins of IOTA or mentor it otherwise as some > sort of open source incubator or some such. Those who resigned, resigned to avoid being victimised by the present Govt or had other political reasons. > > In essence, IOTA operated its "free software business" with a proprietary > mindset. In the nearly 4 years of its existence there was much it could have > achieved, but in the end, it achieved precious little. It did improve the FOSS awareness levels. Training programmes for teachers and others were conducted. Questions on accountability and sloppy operations should always be raised. But that does not mean the organisations were doing nothing. > > What has realistically happened is that the present administration has > simply in several cases asked for audited balance sheets / progress reports > and proposed future plans before further disbursements if any. What has realistically happened is the present administration is on an endless political vendetta drive and fast moving towards favouring their own sycophants. Realistically that means honest reassessments will be a big problem. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani CU, ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
