On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 08:16 +0530, Ramanraj K wrote:
Proprietary software have almost never been the only viable option at any time in the history of web. Let me explain: .....
Earlier, there was a discussion about http://osf.nic.in/ here, and there was no real consensus as to the acceptable "standard". That apart, questions like, is it all right to use java, javascript, frames, etc. arise. You may contend that NIC/GoI sites fall short of your standards, but is there any consensus about the ideal normative standards that any public body should follow?
Fall short of my standards? I am talking about web standards defined here: http://www.w3c.org/ for HTML/DOM/CSS, http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm
for Javascript. And there is nothing specific to public bodies. All websites should be trying to comply with these standards as much as possible.
To be honest, I am a bit prejudiced against premier government organizations like NIC or CDAC. I feel really sad and frustrated that far from being leaders in bringing Free software to the people, these organizations have thrived on either using or creating proprietary software all these years ... and now they are just playing catch up to the free software activity in India.
Please avoid having prejudices against *anyone*. HTH ;)
:) I agree with you heartily there. I am also hoping that these organisations do something really worthwhile to redeem themselves to the Free Software community in India.
Meanwhile, there is nothing in the way to patch up existing content, to make it usable by us. We volunteer all the time, and helping with writing patches for GOI sites, may help. It may take less time than writing representations. The only way to move forward and bring in changes is by sending representations [and patches, if possible], and documenting them well, to measure progress. If, inspite of
You know, that last part was a *great* idea. Instead of just maintaining a passive list, we should be taking up each of these entries in the blacklist and proactively try to correct them. I am planning to compile a definitive list of all these non-compliant sites, and then make a representation to NIC with my LUG, and document what all is happening.
- Sandip
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