Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-03-03 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:04 AM, Manish Sinha wrote: > > Their property? Ask them to check the license. It is stealing! I agree, unfortunately the people who handle government money and those who make the relevant policies have a very different idea about what constitutes stealing and esp if its s

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-03-03 Thread Manish Sinha
On 03/02/2011 03:13 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: @ BOSS Linux - am not sure of the investments and the outputs but another good thing about CDAC and Boss linux is their presence at many IT events. The free CD's people may or may not use but what it does is give publicity not just to linux but to multi

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-03-02 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > some what like how diaspora was funded the site is kickstarter see http://www.kickstarter.com and see how much diaspora garnered http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/196017994/diaspora-the-personally-controlled-do-it-all-distr regards ram --

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-03-02 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:25 PM, stereotactic wrote: > > However, my contention is simple and again I reiterate that it is not the > localization efforts alone that matter. It is creating something "new" that > matters. And we sadly lack in either initiative. check out http://www.techpedia.in/ an

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-03-02 Thread stereotactic
Thanks a ton Ram. Glad that you gave an excellent overview of the existing scenario. However, my contention is simple and again I reiterate that it is not the localization efforts alone that matter. It is creating something "new" that matters. And we sadly lack in either initiative. Let me g

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-03-02 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Stereotactic and others on the thread, Has posted this with lost of inline and it bounced as it was too big for the list, so reposting with some inline , apologies for this long mail, reposted again ** Was away for a bit so am just catching up with this thread. And an interesting one too, with

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-02-26 Thread stereotactic
On Friday 25 February 2011 06:46 AM, satyaakam goswami wrote: On the face of it, BOSS Linux is a good project, and if they achieve even part of what they claim to be doing that will be a significant achievement. Having said that, I have very strong reservations about how CD

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-02-24 Thread stereotactic
On Thursday 24 February 2011 09:23 PM, g...@sarai.net wrote: On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:39:50 +0530 Narendra Sisodiya wrote On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:50 AM, stereotactic wrote: Hi All. C-DAC is promoting its BOSS Linux through newspaper advertisements. While it is a good thing, but mere pro

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-02-24 Thread satyaakam goswami
> > On the face of it, BOSS Linux is a good project, and > if they achieve even part of what they claim to be > doing that will be a significant achievement. Having > said that, I have very strong reservations about how > CDAC, and to a somewhat lesser extent, other governmental > organisations in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-02-24 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:23 PM, g...@sarai.net wrote: > > > On the face of it, BOSS Linux is a good project, and > if they achieve even part of what they claim to be > doing that will be a significant achievement. Having > said that, I have very strong reservations about how > CDAC, and to a some

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-02-24 Thread g...@sarai.net
On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:39:50 +0530 Narendra Sisodiya wrote > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:50 AM, stereotactic wrote: > Hi All. > > C-DAC is promoting its BOSS Linux through newspaper advertisements. While it > is a good thing, but mere promotion is not good enough. I find their > advertisem

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-02-22 Thread sivakumar bharadhwaj
Sir, my two paise (cents - I dont have !!!) - first of all thanks to them, CDAC, particularly for Free DVDs - BOSS, and EduBOSS. I have taken 10 + DVDs in the last 1 year, and have given to people who want to use / install them. - particularly for 2 / 3 teachers (private schools) in coimbatore (

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-02-21 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:50 AM, stereotactic wrote: > Hi All. > > C-DAC is promoting it's BOSS Linux through newspaper advertisements. While > it is a good thing, but mere promotion is not good enough. I find their > advertisements insipid (released through the Government of India machinery) > a

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-02-21 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:50 AM, stereotactic wrote: > > Can anyone name ANY project, managed solely by Indians and being featured on > the popular sites as "must have"? It is a collaborative effort, no doubt, > but why do we see ourselves working on existing ideas? Slave labor anyone? > Hmm, I

[ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-02-21 Thread stereotactic
Hi All. C-DAC is promoting it's BOSS Linux through newspaper advertisements. While it is a good thing, but mere promotion is not good enough. I find their advertisements insipid (released through the Government of India machinery) and fails to communicate the importance of Open Source. On a