> > >> FOSS is now mainstream, and government policy is almost entirely pro - > with reference to policy. There are sufficient government advisers from > academia who will keep it this way. >
Hopefully they stay that way in the years to come. > The real problem is in the implementation. No funding is provided outside > of govt. bodies (such as NIC) or Govt. funded organisations (CDAC/IITs/etc) > to develop or provide services using Open Source, and never reaches the > wider community. > > [Leading statement for members of this list to initiate a group rant...] > True , the money is locked in the these Fiefdoms and work in isolations without any transparency and dialogue with citizens on the topic. > On the other hand, we should realise that Open Source activists in India > still maintain the abrasive, confrontational attitude useful for a > guerrilla movement but redundant and counter-productive for an established > argument. The wider community is also largely hobbyists, moon-lighters and > isolated individuals or small groups who are far too fragmented, and the > real solution is to provide an platform to organise production and service > capacity rather than rhetoric and posturing. > This too has changed in last few years , i call it folks getting reformed . > An incubator with a lean structure to organise groups that can work in > project-mode is one such possibility. There are huge opportunities - and > FOSS can essentially be dovetailed into a "Make-In-India" "Make-For-India" > success story with support from the Ministry of Small and Medium > Enterprises. > This is something i am interested in seeing , actually therer is a scope for many orgs in the space who can collaborate as a collective . I am useful as a space for meeting and at best organising thought - > unfortunately both also redundant in the age of the internet. Translation > requires more professional commitment and capability and would require > others to step up. yes you are a great host for all of us :-) . as recent as day before yesterday my students were recalling the Nimbu pani you served every time they have been on the campus . thanks -Satya
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