On 2 May 2015 03:05, "Sudev Barar" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Agree with Andrew. > > There is opportunity for entrepreneurs to do implementation services. The fact remains that typical CIO still looks for more than hand holding despite FOSS licensing and robust availability. > > Maybe people like Venky can share some services revenue and growth data / stats from multinational FOSS organisations to support this view. Or Tarun in terms of FOSS vs proprietary server space hire. >
The content of the national school curriculum (digitisation and accessibility) and the operation of a digital literacy program for tertiary education (creative and innovative) are both examples of what such an approach can actually achieve, with good reason to believe that, other than the cost of the learning curve, all other inputs to a solid information technology framework can be hugely leveraged in comparison with the usual proprietary PPP or whatever uncomfortable alliance between government and the corporatised business sector is being played out. While the lack of a consolidated movement with some sort of structure may seem to be the principal stumbling block, and there is no doubt that the expressed government policy is hard to find even in the supposedly funded government infrastructure, I think the very guerrilla nature of the scenario -- the ability to create, virtually unhindered and unconstrained by somebody else's perceptions -- may lead to solutions that signify change rather than merely digitising the present mess. I guess the government, as an organisation, has a long way to go before it can genuinely operate as a service, but IMHO development has a natural tendency, in any case, to decrease the need for governmental assistance in the provision of such services in society. Against this, the organisation of business is structured to gain and grow, regardless of societal needs. Such unilateral influences, be they business or feudal or whatever other flavors we have seen in the past, tend to either ignore human needs or play up some at the cost of others, in a suboptimal manner (that's my opinion, I am chary of the so-called Golden Ages of civilisation). If that single mindedness of purpose is a characteristic of organisation itself, it might be a good reason for this movement to stay away from such temptations. > -- > Sudev > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >
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