even the database system is ms sql server, as listed in per-requisites. I wonder whether mysql is even used. Only those open source technologies are used which have no established proprietary alternative like hadoop. I wonder what was the reasoning behind these decisions, India being a developing nation clearly needs money for other more important projects than paying to M$.
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya < swapnil.bhart...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.muktware.com/**bitsnbytes/2983<http://www.muktware.com/bitsnbytes/2983> > > I worked on the story and found oss is only a smoke screen. The entire UID > project seems to be a pure Microsoft stack. > > This document provides step-by-step instructions to install the AADHAAR > Enrolment Client and Biometric components needed for Biometrics capturing. > The document is not intended to be a user manual for the AADHAAR Enrolment > Client. The application has been built to work with the given > pre-requisites. > > 1.1 Installation Pre-requisites > • Operating System: Windows XP SP3 OR Windows 7 (only 32-bit editions) > • Windows Installer 4.5 > • Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 > • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express > • Aadhaar QSS SDK Setup > • Vendor Device Manager > > You can see how the UID project has made Microsoft technologies mandatory. > You can't use it without Microsoft. There is no mention of Linux in this > important document. > > That clearly states that other than the already popular and powerful open > source technologies such as Apache and MySQL rest of the stack is > proprietary. Calling UID/Aadhar and Open Source project is like calling a > Tata tractor a Mercedes just because one of its four tyres is a Mercedes > tyre. > > -- > <b>Swapnil Bhartiya</b><br> > Editor: Muktware.com<br> > Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives<br> > Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware<**br> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware > Google+ : > https://plus.google.com/**109027644713767623413/posts<https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Ilugd mailing list > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/**mailman/listinfo/ilugd<http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd> > _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
