---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Santhosh Thottingal santhosh00@gmail.com Date: २००७ अप्रैल १३ १४:०४ Subject: [smc-discuss] Re: Fwd: [LinuxPakistan] Opportunity to promote FOSS and Linux Knowledge Globally To: smc-discuss@googlegroups.com

I guess all of you read this months Linux For You magazine. Its cover story is Iran's FOSS activities. Iran was using Windows and Other proprietary softwares. Since US banned all technology support to Iran from US citizens, they went in to a situation where literally they cannot use computers. They couldn't run licensed windows, could not download softwares from the US technology companies. Think how bad is such a scenario. Then the government decided to use FOSS. You can read the details in LFY April page 48-51.

I think this is a warning to all governments in the world who are highly dependent on proprietary softwares. If a government wants to self dependent, it should use open technologies.

In that article representative of Iran government says that they are in need of case studies of Asian countries in FOSS to convince the government officials. He points out the "Kerala model" also.

Anivar is right. We need to collect and share the case studies. Examples can be IT@school, SMC and GSoc, GNULabs, Kerala gov. IT policy,NRC-FOSS etc. Usually each LFY issue is coming with a Case study. Let me know your thoughts

-santhosh

On 4/10/07, Anivar Aravind | അനിവര് അരവിന്ദ് anivar@movingrepublic.org wrote:

We need to do the same as a part of of our activism start a page in FCi wiki, General & SMC specific, my poor bandwidth not allowing me to create a page now

Anivar

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Subject: [LinuxPakistan] Opportunity to promote FOSS and Linux Knowledge Globally Date: मंगलवार 10 अप्रैल 2007 05:43 From: "Fouad Riaz Bajwa" fouadbajwa@gmail.com To: general@linuxpakistan.net, ubuntu-pk@lists.ubuntu.com, ubuntu-l10n-urd@lists.ubuntu.com

Dear Community Members,

I have been receiving requests for Asian/South Asia/Asian Pacific/ASEAN case studies, stories, white papers, solution information from foreign media organizations and groups that promote FOSS and Linux in social development as well as business.

I am running a round of attempting to develop/write case studies and articles for various individuals, groups, companies, organizations that would like us to send out a regular stream of information and updates.

The offer is open to anyone and everyone who would like to have their FOSS usage, development, research and Linux case studies, organizational information, project stories, success stories, product innovations, offerings etc developed. Obviously it's a bit of a time consuming job but I am willing to accommodate it.

Simply drop in your information to: fouadbajwa | at | gmail.com

Regards

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Fouad Riaz Bajwa FOSS Advocate Independent Researcher & Writer

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