On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Vikram Vincentvincentvikram@swatantra.org wrote:
First they ignore you Then they laugh at you Then they they fight you Then you win
- Gandhi Neat quote on the FSMK T-shirt! :)
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
With this message a few geeks at Free Software Movement Karnataka (FSMK) have been working on popularizing the open source software in the government schools and offices. "Karnataka Government decided to use free software for 8th 9th and 10th standards as a part of their ICT@Schools project(Information and Communication Technology). As of now It is vendor controlled project (Educom, EVeron, etc are implementing it) under BOOT (Build Operate Own & Transfer)scheme. For making it more accessible to teachers & students(IT enabled learning), we are initiating this training as a pilot project in bangalore. This is organised by DSERT and a Consortium of Free Software Organisations in Bangalore (FSUG Bangalore, Sampada, FSMK, ITfC, DeepRoot Linux, IT4Change & Moving Republic are the organisations associated.)", said Naveen Mudunuru, an active volunteer with FSMK.
I believe it is a quote from my facebook album http://bit.ly/iBlKI No issues even though same copy paste attributed to naveen . Joining with the spirit :-)
Also I would like to comment the contribution of Volunteers of FSMK , FSUG Bangalore , Anupama & Vinay from IT4Change , Omshivprakash from Sampada (for his excellent Kannada Training material for open office) , Madhusudhan & team for Installation of Distro in SSA Lab, SSA staff , DSERT & Everon (the vendor)
Naveen's classes were fabulous as usual & his coordination is also commendable .
Cheers to all who made it as a success
~ Regards Anivar Aravind