On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Andrew Lynn <[email protected]> wrote: > <snip> > > This is important as it is becoming difficult to tender services which can > be easily deployed with FOSS: though Govt. rules eventually require a lowest > quotation to be accepted, in a two-bid system, SME's often lose out to large > enterprises due to their lacking the deep pockets that absorb the cost of > preparing a tender or qualifying their expertise through a proof of concept. > Essentially most large enterprises use proprietary software. and use > turnover and a long client list to win contracts. > > We will be able to use such a registry to qualify bidders levelling the > playing field and enabling FOSS players - who are largely SME or even > freelance - to compete.
Very relevant issue raided Andrew. We do need to join hand and be commercial successful. As for as original email is concerned, why not make a wiki page, where we can add our names, and those who don't like it, Guru can update from the emails he received. Such list is need of the hours. Wit regards, -- Prof. (Dr.) H.S.Rai Dean Testing and Consultancy http://gndec.ac.in/tcc/ Guru Nanak Dev Engg. College http://gndec.ac.in/ Ludhiana (Pb) India http://gndec.ac.in/~hsrai/ http://hs.raiandrai.com = = = = = = = = = = = = Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail - Save paper _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
