It is really a good attempt by Sasikumar. I appreciate him for this write-up.
However, since the narration of this write-up is mainly based on the experience of free software movement in Thiruvananthapuram, I feel the title is better renamed as "The Story of Free Software in Thiruvanathapuram, India". My other comments on this article are pasted below.
Regards,
Anil
Anil http://www.blogger.com/profile/14066963594571131093 said...
The name of Kochi based firm mentioned in this write is not Open Source Solutions.
It is Open Software Solutions Industrial Co-operative Society ( OSSICS ). This group is formed in 1998 as a part of Peoples Plan Campaign and registered as a Co-operative society in 2000, and it is the first Industrial Co-operative Society for the promotion of Swathanthra Software especially in Keralam. 11:08 AM http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/2007/08/story-of-free-software-in-kerala-india.html#comment-5254904679226796564
http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=34899069&postID=5254904679226796564 Anil http://www.blogger.com/profile/14066963594571131093 said...
This write-up did not mention the role played by many of the organaisations and initiatives, Some of them are listed below. 1. ATPS (Appropriate Technology Promotion Society) Kochi, 2. SEPSIT (Social Entrepreneurship Promotion Society on Information Technology )- Kannur. 3. Initiatives by Ernakulam District Panchayath and EIID 4. S2S2, Kannur 5. Earlier Free Software Initiatves Initiatives in Kannur University. 6. Free Software initiatives in various Engineering Colleges in Keralam, other than one mentioned in the article. 7. Activities of FSF-Kozhikkode 8. Initiatives by Swathanthra Malayalam Computing. 9. Nila and Kaveri projects of CDIT. 10. Kerala Social Forum 11. Efforts of various persons such as Dr. Achuth Sankar and Prof. Ignatius Kunjumon. 12. Vivarasangam meet 13 . Vivaravicharam magazine 14. NIC initiatives in Free Software, 11:40 AMhttp://swatantryam.blogspot.com/2007/08/story-of-free-software-in-kerala-india.html#comment-4746458172833490876
On 15/09/2007, Anilkumar K V achu.kulangara@gmail.com wrote:
It is really a good attempt by Sasikumar. I appreciate him for this write-up.
However, since the narration of this write-up is mainly based on the experience of free software movement in Thiruvananthapuram, I feel the title is better renamed as "The Story of Free Software in Thiruvanathapuram, India".
Even that could be wrong since I have left out the efforts of CDIT, as you mentioned.
As I have mentioned at the beginning of the blog, this was a chapter in a book, and I had a deadline. Moreover, this was not meant to be a comprehensive story of Free Software in Kerala but just an overview for a specific purpose. As I have mentioned in the article itself, "The story is bound to be biased by my experiences and limited by my knowledge. Individuals or organisations who have contributed to the Free Software movement in the state may have been left out from the narration, even though this is written after speaking to several people who were involved right from the beginning of the movement. I apologise for any such omissions and assure the readers that they are inadvertent and not deliberate." Finally, this was written about one year back. A lot of things that happened in this period will therefore not fnd a place in it.
However, my idea is to add material to the article as and when I can so that eventually this becomes a record of the history of FS in Kerala. I am thinking of extending it to the entire country, if I am able to find the time, so that there will be a recorded history at least of FSF India.
I apologise for the error in the name of OSSICS. I am correcting it. But I did mention S2S2.
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where can i find the public mail-archive of this mailing list. too much of a bother to copy-and-paste this thread to share with others.
googled for the subject-line but found no result. thanks
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