Hi Malovika Roy and others,
My thoughts below:
--- malovika roy malovika@gmail.com wrote:
is the lack of coordination and sharing of knowledge.
Lack of know-how on *collaboration*. Its very new to most Indians in India.
Also, people in India seldom market themselves. You really need to address people in radio/television to reach the masses. We _have_ to market free software.
coordiantion, but then why arent successful projects shared or talked about in forums like this one?
Most activities in FSUGs/GLUGs in India, that I have seen are with helping people with installation, software, Internet connectivity, local meets, troubleshooting etc. Creating awareness and helping newbies is the first priority.
there is still a big void of contribution to the public sector.
Even private sector for that matter, how many companies release their software under GPL?
* How many companies allow public e-mail access (google, yahoo and others) 24x7 to its employees to use/access mailing lists? You can use your official e-mail ID provided they don't attach nonsensical legal disclaimers which are against the philosophy of free software.
* How many of them allow FTP/IRC access?
* How many of them sponsore employees to participate in free software events?
Most of the Indian companies in India that I've seen are headed by folks who are from an older generation and were not introduced to FLOSS. Hence, *educating* them on how to work with the community is critical. Or, we have to wait for this generation to come up.
Just my thoughts,
SK
-- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com
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