TVA, with directions from State Govt (Dept of IT) had done some prelim works few months back. a meeting was held inviting members from academia working in language computing, industry persons (primarily those who had interacted with TVA on font development, etc.) -- i had alerted some of you. ramadoss(myself and dr ranjani from AU) couldn't attend as we had some other meeting. Request was made to suggest software/hardware setups.
In the meantime, TVA had to wait for further directives from the govt. as you are aware, things move slowly for a long time and suddenly a spurt happens. will update this list after attending the next advisory group meeting which is scheduled for 10th. in the meantime, i can collate any input i receive and present the same during our discussions. srinivasan. On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Shrinivasan T <tshriniva...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Srinivasan Sundararajan > <srini...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear shrini, you may recall that I had suggested that some of you meet up > > with dr. Nakkeeran, director of Tamil virtual academy.There is an > advisory > > committee to recommend hardware and software for the incubation centre. A > > meeting is scheduled on 10th. Some of you could suggest the software set > > from FOSS arena - can be sent to me or discussed and collated in this > list > > so that I can pass on the same during the meeting. > > > https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZeOGy8TmCP8/UXzZ4dxT3hI/AAAAAAAATS0/_RWe4YjAMZg/w697-h428-p-o/tamil-vu-software_1.jpg > > http://www.dinamalar.com/news_detail.asp?id=696684 > > In this news, there is no information about incubation center or > entrepreneurship. > > > > To start with, the recommendation is to provide development facilities to > > individuals or small groups. While the govt would like to use the output > in > > the state depts and agencies, the developer has an option to take the > > product and sell. We plan to suggest the FOSS route, but there are many > > steps in between. > > > When is the execution starts? > How can people approach the center for their development works? > Do they have to pay any fee? > How long a startup can be incubated there? > > Is there any public announcements of these offers? > > > > I fell the following action will help: > > Recommend a plethora of FOSS tools and apps which will help the developer > > While windows, photoshop, etc., are likely to enter the space, we plan to > > ensure that at least 3-4 systems will be Linux based, MySQL -PostgreSQL > can > > be the main databases, libreoffice, gimp, blender, orca, etc., will find > a > > place. Mr. Prince from Nic and myself on behalf of nr cfoss/cdac, with > help > > from other members (mani manivannan, chellappan) hope to offer FOSS > related > > support from the organs, lug and other communities. > > Good initiatives. > > Will there any announcement for getting suggestions from public.? > or this is once of the closed group activities? > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > -- > Regards, > T.Shrinivasan > > > My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com > Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com > > Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
