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FOSS Meet@NITC, an annual conference on Free and Open Source Software at NIT
Calicut, brings to you a gamut of talks in Free and Open Source
Software(FOSS) along with a number of workshops , bofs and video
conferences. The fest, the fourth largest of its kind in India, draws FOSS
enthusiasts from all over India. Year after year, we expand our horizon and
endeavor to ensure that innovative thoughts and ideas get every opportunity
to realize their potential, release it and share it. The 2009 edition of the
event is scheduled to be held from Feb 27th to 1st March.The registrations
have already begun. Do visit our website <http://www.nitc.fossmeet.in/> for
the same.
Get yourself registered for the event..
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Hi,
Another interesting link on this topic:
Call for Opensource Government:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7841486.stm
Sreejith
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> Obama exploring option of mandating "Open Source" software in
> government, says this story: http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4297
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> Seems interesting. When will we have a Prime Minister who understands
> the benefits of Free Software? Hope Obama really decides to mandate Free
> Software in government. We can then use the story to campaign in our
> country. Wish Obama understood the philosophy of the Free Software
> movement and mandated Open Access and Creative Commons licencing for
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Obama exploring option of mandating "Open Source" software in
government, says this story: http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4297
Seems interesting. When will we have a Prime Minister who understands
the benefits of Free Software? Hope Obama really decides to mandate Free
Software in government. We can then use the story to campaign in our
country. Wish Obama understood the philosophy of the Free Software
movement and mandated Open Access and Creative Commons licencing for
material generated using public funds too.
Best
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Free Software Foundation of India
http://swatantryam.blogspot.com
Hi all,
I was trying to see if there are any gpl fonts. One of the links
talked about Akruti fonts. The said fonts are unavailable on the site.
After some searching came to this mail.
http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2003-May/000947.html
which tells that the fons have been taken back due to copyright issues.
Has there been any move to get some indic fonts put up for
distribution on the fsf's site ?
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On Jan 20, 2009 1:57pm, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:22 PM, ipmurali(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I am trying on Windows XP SP2 (at office)
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> > Used IE to download the file from
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http://www.zyxware.com/software/utilities/sales_purchase_invoice_v.0.9.1.ods,
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> > It downloaded a zip file which does not contain any ODS file.
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> Zip file? It must be ODS file (ODs format is actually a compressed
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> file). IE usually have the habit of changing extensions while saving.
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> > Then I tried with Firefox 3.0.5, it downloaded the ODS file.
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> > But it could not open with OO Version 3.0.0.
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> It is Openable with OO 3.0 . I tested in my Virtual Host Installation
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But in my system it is not opening, no error message also ?
Anybody else having the issue on Windows XP SP2. with OO.Version 3.0.0 ???
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> > Now let me try on Ubuntu 8.10/OO 2.4
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> > It seems working here, didn't check in detail.
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> > regards,
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> > murali.
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> > On Jan 20, 2009 10:50am, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:38 AM, ipmurali(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> > I am getting a zip file when downloaded from the provided link, and
it
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> >> It works fine for me. Open the downloaded ods file with Openoffice
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> Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free
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> Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs.
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> Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds.
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Anoop,
I am getting a zip file when downloaded from the provided link, and it
doesn' contain any spread sheet file (*.ods)!!!
Can you please check, the site contain the right file?
regards
murali.
On Jan 20, 2009 1:50am, Anoop John <anoopjohn(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for all the good words.
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> A new version has been uploaded with the reported issues fixed
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> * Support of ooo3
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> * Licensing info in properties.
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> The new download link has been added to the page
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http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2009/01/16/openoffice-spreadsheet-template-…>
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> Please report any issue as comments to the above post.
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http://www.zyxware.com/software/utilities/sales_purchase_invoice_v.0.9.1.ods>
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> Cheers
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> Anoop
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Dear All,
I have converted the Microsoft xls template that was provided on
keralataxes.in into an OpenOffice template and am attaching the
document herewith. For those of you who cannot download this
attachment, you can download the OpenOffice Spreadsheet file from the
following page.
<http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2009/01/16/openoffice-spreadsheet-template-…>
Until the Sales Tax Department starts supporting this document I will
gladly be providing support to those who take the pain to report any
issues. With this, we in the Free Software Community, once again
demonstrate that we are willing to work with anybody to further the
cause of Free Software and Freedom in General.
I believe all the work done by the Government using public funds is
supposed to be Free (as in Freedom) as per the IT policy. So I am
issuing my derived work under GPL.
Wish you all a Happy and Wonderful GNU Year
Best Regards
Anoop John
CEO, Zyxware Technologies
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From: Guru <guru(a)itforchange.net>
Date: Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Subject: Rs 500 crores for computers in Gujarat schools
To: ict-education-india(a)googlegroups.com
Dear friends,
The article in Indian Express (provided below my mail) says that the
Gujarat Government is planning a 500 crore outlay on computers in
schools. Hopefully it will consist of ICT tools that teachers and
students can use to create their own learning resources - both digital
learning material as well as software applications/enhancements. This
can be an opportunity for teacher educators, teachers and students to
create locally relevant and contextual material. The article says the
Government is indeed inclined towards FOSS (Free and Open Source
Software).
Hopefully it will also avoid spending on 'centrally created "high
quality" content or licensed/proprietary software that teachers and
students will be 'taught to use'. If we are able to get the large
technology vendors off the back of school system, it will be half the
battle won, it can then be possible for the teachers to have sometime
and resources to figure out, with support, what ICTs could mean to
them and their work. Such support of course, needs to be based on a
deep understanding of pedagogy rather than technology per se.
It may be worthwhile checking/discussing with the Gujarat Government
to share some of our views as well as our Workshop outputs with them.
I request those interested to respond or write to me off-list to take
this issue further.
regards,
Guru
PS - Microsoft offering Windows (operating system) free of cost to the
Gujarat Government is a typical Microsoft ploy - no wonder the Head of
the National IT Institute of Brazil called Microsoft a 'drug pusher'
(see www.charlesleadbeater.net/cms/xstandard/Brazil_Open_Source.pdf
for some unethical methods adopted by Microsoft) for this reason,
offering the initial samples at little or no cost and then benefiting
from having made the user dependent on their products. Even if the
Gujarat schools get windows free of cost (which also means Microsoft
Office is still priced), the students will learn only Microsoft
products and buy the same for their own use, which means enormous
externalised financial implications of this 'free of cost' decision...
Hence as a guardian of public interest, Government need to both adopt
and actively promote free software for the high positive societal
impact, apart from the specific costs/benefits to them from the
decision.
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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rs-500-cr-for-computers-in-schools/405217/
Rs 500 cr for computers in schools - KAMRAN SULAIMANI Posted: Jan 01,
2009 at 0038 hrs IST
Vadodara: In a unique Information Technology initiative, the Gujarat
Government will spend around Rs 500 crore to buy 1,50,000 computers,
peripherals and LCDs to equip some 20,000 primary and upper primary
schools in the state, over the next five years. The project will also
include 3D multimedia educational content software, a cyber-based
school management system to monitor school activities, besides
providing the requisite IT training to teachers across the state.
"Although we had done some technological upgradation in about 5,000
schools earlier, this will be the first massive effort of its kind,"
Gujarat IT Secretary, Raj Kumar, told Newsline.
IN 2007, the state government had tied up with Educomp for Computer
Aided Education (CAE) programmes under the Gujarat Council of Primary
Education (GCPE) in 500 schools spread over 25 districts. Educomp had
also trained around 1,500 teachers in computer literacy. Gujarat is
now taking the cue from schools in Karnataka.
The state government is inclined to go for free open source software
(FOSS) for schools. "As of now, the government has decided to go for
FOSS, which is available at almost no cost, but Microsoft too has
offered to provide their operating system free of cost. It's up to the
Education department to decide on it," Kumar added.
The project will be on the build operate transfer (BOT) model. The
state will not make the full payment upfront. "We will pay 30 per cent
and the remaining 70 per cent will be staggered over the next five
years," said Principal Secretary, Education, Hasmukh Adhia. "It's a
huge project that could change concepts of teaching and learning. We
will also get LCDs for schools capable of displaying 3D stories to
help in science subjects," added Adhia. The state will also get funds
from the Centre to upgrade IT infrastructure in secondary schools.
Not only schools, but the government has also floated tenders to
upgrade the Gujarat State Wide Area Network (GSWAN). "It has been
seven years from the day we implemented GSWAN. Technologies change
with time and we are in the process of upgrading some equipment,"
Kumar said. The state government wants network components at taluka
GSWAN nodes to integrate with the existing GSWAN infrastructure for
enhancement under the SWAN scheme of the Government of India. The
state is also improving the leased line bandwidth in all district and
taluka locations to integrate it with the existing GSWAN, it was
informed.
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