Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-30 Thread Mayuresh
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:48:30PM +0530, Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: Greetings, On 7/29/10, Mayuresh mayur...@acm.org wrote: On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:51:37PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: Maharshtra - well not exactly a positive news

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-30 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
I would like to propose a start of discussion on which one is a better approach for govt. 1. Educating Dr. Anna Hajaare of the issues that we face on computing arena... 2. Taking help of the Indian arm/chapter/wing of FSF 3. Preparing (y)our own bows and arrows and start practising so that (y)our

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-29 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On 7/29/10, Mayuresh mayur...@acm.org wrote: On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:51:37PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: Maharshtra - well not exactly a positive news http://www.gnu.org.in/delegation-meets-education-secretary-of I am sure you have not checked the MSRTC ETIM and ORS projects.

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-28 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Wednesday 28 July 2010 10:49:00 Mayuresh wrote: On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:21:11AM +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: Thats a long winded way.. I think some bad publicity and public pressure would help it better. Some thing like MKCL does not test their sites under alternate browser

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-28 Thread Mayuresh
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:42:34AM +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: On Wednesday 28 July 2010 10:49:00 Mayuresh wrote: I think its about perception, ease-of-use and general sheep mentality coupled with lack of training. People do not understand computer. That it works, is a miracle to them

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-28 Thread Mayuresh
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:51:37PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: If at all there are some positive indicators - at least a small subset of countless political parties and some state Govts in India have shown inclination to adoption of FOSS in Govt. (Lost the links on this though will recover and

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-28 Thread Abhijeet M. Sawant
     Engineering, Diploma etc. admissions processes are online. The website for it is dte.org.in . Unfortunately Technical board doesn't seems to care about users who don't use IE. As PLUG, I think school level initiatives would be good [there maybe already, I am not aware]. Practically,

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-28 Thread Mithun Shitole
On Wednesday 28 July 2010 11:42 AM, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: While everything that helps should be tried, the real ownership of the apps is not with the software vendor but with their customer - Govt. Besides PIL (which I agree is long drawn), don't know whether other means such as RTI, media

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-27 Thread Vinayak Kulkarni
for such things.   Vinayak Kulkarni visit http://kulkarnivd1989.blogspot.com /visit --- On Tue, 27/7/10, शंतनू shanta...@gmail.com wrote: From: शंतनू shanta...@gmail.com Subject: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock To: Mithun Shitole mithu...@gmail.com Cc: Pune GNU/Linux Users Group

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-27 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Tuesday 27 July 2010 00:46:39 शंतनू wrote: On Monday 26 July 2010 10:24 AM, Mithun Shitole wrote: Engineering, Diploma etc. admissions processes are online. The website for it is dte.org.in . Unfortunately Technical board doesn't seems to care about users who don't use IE. When

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-27 Thread शंतनू
has ever come. I think strong grouped protest is required for such things. Vinayak Kulkarni visit http://kulkarnivd1989.blogspot.com /visit --- On Tue, 27/7/10, शंतनूshanta...@gmail.com wrote: From: शंतनूshanta...@gmail.com Subject: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-27 Thread Ganesh Gajare
2010/7/27 शंतनू shanta...@gmail.com On Monday 26 July 2010 10:24 AM, Mithun Shitole wrote: Hi, Engineering, Diploma etc. admissions processes are online. The website for it is dte.org.in . Unfortunately Technical board doesn't seems to care about users who don't use IE. When you go to

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-27 Thread Mithun Shitole
On Tuesday 27 July 2010 12:46 AM, शंतनू wrote: Did you try to send feedback/email using above links? If no, the first step would be sending email and sending feedback as well. I also stumbled upon http://dte.org.in/rdte/index.asp regards, shantanoo Yes I did tried. Their feedback system

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-27 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 07/27/2010 12:46 AM, शंतनू wrote: On Monday 26 July 2010 10:24 AM, Mithun Shitole wrote: Hi, Engineering, Diploma etc. admissions processes are online. The website for it is dte.org.in . Unfortunately Technical board doesn't seems to care about users who don't use IE. When you go to

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-27 Thread Mayuresh
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 02:10:24PM +0530, Ganesh Gajare wrote: 2010/7/27 शंतनू shanta...@gmail.com On Monday 26 July 2010 10:24 AM, Mithun Shitole wrote: Hi, Engineering, Diploma etc. admissions processes are online. The website for it is dte.org.in . Unfortunately Technical board

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-27 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Wednesday 28 July 2010 09:38:54 Mayuresh wrote: Don't know whether a PIL (public interest litigation) is a way to awaken the system. Thats a long winded way.. I think some bad publicity and public pressure would help it better. Some thing like MKCL does not test their sites under

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-27 Thread Mayuresh
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:21:11AM +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: Thats a long winded way.. I think some bad publicity and public pressure would help it better. Some thing like MKCL does not test their sites under alternate browser and force IE out of assumption when the site

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-27 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
Has anybody apprised श्री अण्णा हजारे on such .tvog issues? ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List

[PLUG] [OT] Re: Government Sponsored Vendor lock

2010-07-26 Thread शंतनू
On Monday 26 July 2010 10:24 AM, Mithun Shitole wrote: Hi, Engineering, Diploma etc. admissions processes are online. The website for it is dte.org.in . Unfortunately Technical board doesn't seems to care about users who don't use IE. When you go to