Re: [fosscomm] MS-Gov. of Maharashtra MOU

2009-09-22 Thread jaykumar hs
As of now, It is mandatory that all the Public Sector Units of GOI have to publish their Annual report alongwith MOUs on their website. But many PSUs have not been doing this. Such compulsion should be made for Departments, State Governments, Institutions and all other bodies which are public

Re: [fosscomm] Free software best suited for UI card project

2009-09-25 Thread jaykumar hs
NUID project involves a rough estimate in the order of Rs. 1,50,000 crore as spelt out by some experts. Neither Nilekani nor the GOI is giving any figure. Do we need to spend so much for making the govt. delivery system effective? Is n't the cost of delivery is more than the output? Is it not a

Re: [fosscomm] roadblocks to free society - kannada version

2009-11-23 Thread jaykumar hs
It is really a good work, though translation needs some correction. But I beg to differ with one term. In Kannada we should use the word Swatantra tantraamsha to mean Free Software. In the present translated work, another kannada word Mukta has been used in place of Swatantra. In Kannada, Mukta

Re: [fosscomm] [FSUG-Bangalore] roadblocks to free society - kannada version

2009-11-25 Thread jaykumar hs
*On Kannada translations:* In any language, there are many synonyms for any word. But, while doing translations into any other language, important aspect that needs to be kept in mind are: Usage of words in Literary and Colloquial world in that particular language to which translation to be done.

Re: [fosscomm] [FSUG-Bangalore] roadblocks to free society - kannada version

2009-11-25 Thread jaykumar hs
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:50 AM, renuka prasad renukapras...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Nagarjun G. nagar...@gnowledge.orgwrote: justin joseph wrote: In malayalam free software is refered to as Swathantra software, the word mukhti is there in malayalam too. I am

Re: [fosscomm] [FSUG-Bangalore] roadblocks to free society - kannada version

2009-11-26 Thread jaykumar hs
2009/11/26 renuka prasad renukapras...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM, jaykumar hs jaykuma...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:50 AM, renuka prasad renukapras...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Nagarjun G. nagar...@gnowledge.orgwrote: justin

Re: [fosscomm] [FSUG-Bangalore] roadblocks to free society - kannada version

2009-11-26 Thread jaykumar hs
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:07 PM, renuka prasad renukapras...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 3:16 PM, jaykumar hs jaykuma...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/11/26 renuka prasad renukapras...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM, jaykumar hs jaykuma...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu

Re: [fosscomm] [FSUG-Bangalore] roadblocks to free society - kannada version

2009-11-26 Thread jaykumar hs
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 7:02 PM, renuka prasad renukapras...@gmail.comwrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: jaykumar hs jaykuma...@gmail.com Date: Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [fosscomm] [FSUG-Bangalore] roadblocks to free society - kannada version To: Indian