Hi All,
Same to all twincling Members Regarding the Recession and slow down Can shed light how open source is coping up with Recession and how its usage has gone up during this period in form of statistics. As far a i know Election commsision of india has asked every body use open source software as far as possible and it has opend up its electronic databases to public in form of XMl files and Shape files. Regarding Remote Infrastructure management what is the road map for skills required in open source category? Thanks Sridhar On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Vikram Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > Thanks for the wishes Saifi, Wish you the same ! > > *>This is the best time to engage in Open Source community > > >activities as companies start to put their Open Source > >strategies in place. Your interaction, contribution > >becomes part of your resume, that places you ahead of > >others. > > *Recession is forcing companies to cut corners, this is good news for Open > Source IT... now corporates are willing to embrace open source software! > > In the infrastructure management space .. there is increased activity in > the > 'remote infrastructure management[RIM]' segment > this is good news for India, already many companies have bagged RIM > orders... this will generate lot of employment oppurtunities for people who > are well versed with open source network technologies. > > So all Linux Sys Admins, wannabe network pros... you guys will be in good > demand! > > Same will be the case for Open source programmers... > > As Saifi said.. this is the right time to pick up open source IT skills... > it will reap you good dividends! > > - > With Warm Regards, > Vikram. > ===================================== > "Our attitude determines our altitude !" > ===================================== > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Saifi Khan > <[email protected]<saifi.khan%40twincling.org> > >wrote: > > > > > > Hi all: > > > > Happy Ugadi Greetings ! > > > > Ugadi Shubhakanshalu ! > > > > Happy Yugadhi ! > > > > Hosa Varshada Shubhashayagalu ! > > > > It's the time to make new beginnings and realize new dreams! > > > > Uncertain economic times calls for review of our > > preparedness, our effectiveness and our approach. Many of > > us are concerned about how things would play out and > > rightly so. > > > > > > > This is the best time to learn and acquire skills that > > match the immediate or short term goals. Whether you are > > 3rd year BTech or 1st year MSc, System Administrator, > > application programmer - > > > > 'Ready to learn' is more valuable than 'Ready to earn' ! > > > > This is the best time to engage in Open Source community > > activities as companies start to put their Open Source > > strategies in place. Your interaction, contribution > > becomes part of your resume, that places you ahead of > > others. > > > > > > > This is the best time to network with peers in > > companies/startups and Twincling Saturday Meets (TSM) are > > the best platform. Whether you're hunting or hiring, you > > must make the most of this opportunity that comes up every > > month. > > > > Many of us have been meeting up people across capital > > cities of our wonderful country to listen, observe, learn > > and leverage the emergent opportunities and gaps. From > > CEOs, CTOs, Geeks, Marketing Professionals, OEM Dealers, > > Head hunters and Principals of academic institutions, all > > are involved and engaged. > > > > We've come up with a 'simple workable plan' and 'promise' > > to make this year a spectacular success for every > > individual who wants to be successful. Every members > > contribution is as important as the facilitators. > > > > Time to have some Bhakshalu, Puran Poli or Bevu Bella ;) > > > > kind regards > > Saifi. > > > > > > > > -- > With Warm Regards, > Vikram. > ===================================== > Dot Logic Web Solutions Pvt Ltd Formerly SAVI Multimedia Pvt Ltd > www.savimultimedia.com > > "Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true > failure." > ===================================== > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
