It is not really about one party or the other, I guess. There seems to be a good level awareness among Government officials about need for open standards.
Have a look at this tender document for developing and maintaining website for Income Tax Department. http://incometaxindia.gov.in/archive/TenderWebMaster.zip It talks about Non-proprietory Document Formats, Accessibility Issues, CSS based design and sets the eligibility criteria quite low (at Rs 50 lakh per annum turnover for 3 years). The requirements look designed for a open source solution provider to bid low enough and win the contract. Any proprietary software based bid does not stand a chance, if (a big IF) an open source bids goes through the first rounds. Best regards, Ma Sivakumar மா சிவகுமார் எல்லோரும் எல்லாமும் பெற வேண்டும் http://masivakumar.blogspot.com On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Bhargav Prasanna < bhargavprasa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Whatever it is, I'm certain that political parties aren't trying to > woo us to vote for them! :) > Yes. It would be really wonderful to have a country up and running on > FOSS.. > > I remember reading somewhere, ZDNet i think, that this will draw flak > from the proprietary software community and that there'll be lots of > obstacles and hindrances from 'enemies', Microsoft topping the list.. > I won't be surprised of Microsoft agrees to develop a basic open > source OS for the smartphones which the BJP plans to distribute if > they come to power. :) > > -- > May the source be with you. > Bhargav Prasanna > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
