Have you seen websites of different government agencies? They all have different look and feel. different navigation and different ways to present information.
Right now government agencies are not providing any particular services (like paying tax, registering names, or any ) except for information. But its inevitable that it will come and has to come in Nepal too. One of the most important thing about government websites is that they should be uniform. It shouldnt be caotic. I am not just talking about the websites but also the softwares, information systems, networks, standards. They have to be standard and interconnected. There shouldn't be replicated and should be updated if eGovernnece is going to be deployed ever. (lots of money is being spent on eGovernence right now) FOSS community should come forward to make a draft for standards in protocols, designs, information architecture and information presentation and that should be used by all the ministries, governmental agencies and constitutional agencies. No one should be mistaken that FOSS will do it as a free service. It should be and has to be paid service but the products has to be released to open source community. Different companies and contractors should come forward to build the standards specifications and softwares. This has to be addressed and we should not fumble on basic things like alternative solutions, migration solutions, or localization. We have done that for 2 years and more. Now it should come from government. Now we need some real work. We need something in preparation for the federal republic of Nepal. So in my opinion, we should collaborate with the government on building standards and building open source solutions that can be used by all the government agencies in Nepal from one investment. If On Dec 24, 2007 5:08 PM, Bipin Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We have some markable outputs in this stage as well. Initially to say > > Ministry of General Administration have been using Nepalinux on some > > computers. Planning to move further. > > Wow. and I'd love to see they stick by it. > > >Brihaspati School has Linux Lab > > installed. Brihaspati along with FOSS Nepal Community have successfully > > completed first phase of FOSS Training for Other Secondary School > teachers. > > Planning further for advanced trainings and making Vendor Independent > > Curriculum to propose. > > i think, now the next strategy for promotion would be to set a BRAND > NAME. Give them something to be proud of their knowledge, for the > knowledge they have OVER the training they attended, which doesn't > demonstrate what or how much have they learnt. > > I propose creating a 6 level of Linux certification exam. (NOT centric > to NepalLinux) From basic to hardcore. Lets give those high school > teachers and students something to be proud of, lets give them > something they would want to have with their bio data and say i did > it. ;) > > Lets set a local brand name... consult with ppl in the ISP sector, > banking sector for the curriculum regarding desktop, server, security > administration and make sure we have their recognition. Lets try > getting the recognition of all big names in Nepalese market with > category of curriculum's and make sure they accept it as they would to > an international curriculum. Something better than RHCE certification > when it comes to quality. We could then, further promote linux > training and workshops everywhere... in affordable price for the exam > (50 rs - 100 rs) we will also promote things like say.... ppl. earning > a trainee or level 5 certification should have say 30 hours of social > service time within 2 years etc. > > We can promote these in college and schools. our selling point will be > the quality of curriculum and recognition here in nepal. Then slowly, > if successful we could aim high and lobby by trying to get the > recognition in the international market. > > I put my time for this cause. Does it sound reasonable? Lets team up. > > > Let me give my answer to its output: > > 1. From next time all people buying computer from those vendors get OSS > > softwares to their computers. If possible with manual. > > 2. The vendor will give their customer the alternatives for installing > > Windows or linux to that machine. > > 3. If added to it...... They can DualBoot the new machine to 2 OS and > ask > > the customer to give a try to FOSS. > > > > again, cost == time X money :P they charge 300 rs for windows > installation alone if you go they for general repair. New and curious > users are very likely to screw up everything they have setup in a > month, or less :P so i doubt if anyone computer seller will be very > motivated in this point. > > regards, > -bipin > > > > -- Warm Regards, Sagun Dhakhwa Address at Study: Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg Sweden homepage: www.outlines-rnd.com/sagun ================================================================= ==INITIATING OPEN COURSE WARE ( www.sixyadaan.org ) in NEPAL== ================================================================= --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
