Greetings,
One small point:
Please remind them that even when matchbox ix bought, (inclusive of
all taxes) appear. Which means One should remind that the government
should remember that this request is coming from people who are paying
for all the Municipal/statr/central govt.pensioners, Hence we
http://www.fsftn.org/tn-students-laptop-petition
-- Forwarded message --
From: Alagunambi Welkin
Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Subject: [FSFTN] Petition: Request to drop proprietary software from the
free laptops to be distributed by the government to students of Tamil Nadu
T
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote:
>
> I request you to create a detailed writeup, so that we can share in
> the press, online media and submit to the government.
> I started here.
> http://sync.in/letter-to-tngovt
>
> Please help on creating a nice writeup.
>
>
I have tried t
--- On Mon, 20/6/11, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> 5860 less than windows? or costs Rs 5860/-?
In the Rate Contract the price is for hardware+Windows os+Anti-Virus - bundle.
Separate option is given where pre-loaded Linux can be ordered instead of
Windows. If this option is exercised then the pr
> Thanks for suggesting this , have tried out the demo its fits the
> requirement of a school I know who are using some painful broken
> propreitary software. This will also help them switch to GNU/Linux
> faster( Bundling it with/add extra to http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu
> ) :)
>
@Narendra
I *suggest* that we include some graphs and reference to some articles along
with the letter to make it feel more authentic and appealing.
Referring to success stories around the world can help our cause stand out
more
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/03/french-police-saves-millions-of
Friends.
We have to contact the TN govt officials to discuss about the OS in
the free laptops.
We need a writeup describing the need of linux OS and why windows
should not be pre-loaded.
I request you to create a detailed writeup, so that we can share in
the press, online media and submit to the
> What I meant here is: Nobody (children) would dream of playing games in a
> Linux system and would surely try to get their systems Game Compatible
> (Windows). Anyways, even if the govt adopts Linux, Will the children who use
> it?
The Government of Kerala had moved to GNU/Linux based IT curricu
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:38 PM, L. Guruprasad wrote:
>
> Please avoid cross-posting emails across multiple lists. The reply by
> "Yogesh" afaik wasn't posted to this list
> (http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2011-June/thread.html) and
> people on this list including me don't get the proper
Hi,
On Monday 20 June 2011 08:28 PM, Prasanna Venkadesh wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Yogesh wrote:
>
>> On Saturday 18 June 2011 11:22 PM, Prasanna Venkadesh wrote:
>>
>>> I just wanted to know is there any Linux development is going on for
>>> building a system that supports both RP
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Yogesh wrote:
> On Saturday 18 June 2011 11:22 PM, Prasanna Venkadesh wrote:
>
>> I just wanted to know is there any Linux development is going on for
>> building a system that supports both RPM and DEB packages to be used in a
>> single Distribution without use o
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> If such a thing happens, you will end up making a political mistake of
> giving "Useless" systems to school children and cheating people. The
> opposition would argue that why can't government give "good" systems by
> spending just extra 1K for a 20-30K product and instead "cheat" people in
> gi
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Vivek Rajagopalan <
vi...@unleashnetworks.com> wrote:
>
> > Think of playing Games in Linux. I bet thats the first thing most school
> > children would do. So I think we are just pushing the expenditure away
> from
> > govt and towards the children making the money
On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 18:07 +0530, Raman.P wrote:
> --- On Mon, 20/6/11, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> >
> > how much do you think redhat/canonical/novell will charge
> > for linux?
> > --
>
>
> In case of Govt of India Purchase under DGS & D rate contract
> pre-installed linux systems costs Rs.5
--- On Mon, 20/6/11, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
>
> how much do you think redhat/canonical/novell will charge
> for linux?
> --
In case of Govt of India Purchase under DGS & D rate contract pre-installed
linux systems costs Rs.5860 less than equivalent Windows PC. This is for Redhat
Desktop ed
On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 17:40 +0530, Vivek Rajagopalan wrote:
> One idea is to hardware lock (say via a custom BIOS ??) the system
> into
> a single supported distro of Linux. They would have to carry the unit
> to
> a service centre to unlock it and install anything else - at which
> point
> they
> Think of playing Games in Linux. I bet thats the first thing most school
> children would do. So I think we are just pushing the expenditure away from
> govt and towards the children making the money to flow away from single Co
> to local service centers and such.
What are the rules here ? Can t
On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 12:53 +0100, balachandar muruganantham wrote:
> > If we use Gnu/Linux, we can save the 90Cr.
>
> may be...
how much do you think redhat/canonical/novell will charge for linux?
--
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KG
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote:
> >
> > Operating System : Preloaded Dual booting - Windows starter edition
> > with Anti Virus for
> > 1 year license and Linux.
>
> If the windows costs min 1000 INR,
> 9,00,000 * 1,000 = 90,00,00,000
>
> 90 Cr rupees will be given to Microso
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves
wrote:
>
> no - supplying company has to set up a service center in each district.
>
>
The law may make the Service Center to be set up, but does everyone go to
it? (Why travel 1hr when my next house friend can do it?) I never met a
person who ser
On 18 June 2011 11:27, Bruce Mathew wrote:
> FEDENA is a good choice..
Thanks for suggesting this , have tried out the demo its fits the
requirement of a school I know who are using some painful broken
propreitary software. This will also help them switch to GNU/Linux
faster( Bundling it with/add
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote:
> Friends.
>
> Operating System : Preloaded Dual booting - Windows starter edition
> with Anti Virus for
> 1 year license and Linux.
>
>
For what its worth, you can't even install visual studio 2010 express
edition (which is free) on a Window
I think it would definitely be beneficial to have the meetings with
ELCOT Director and IT Secretary. It would also be good to issue press
releases to all major media channels - print+visual.
In Kerala for similar government level decisions what we (FSUG-Tvm)
have done in the past have been to meet
On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 15:31 +0530, abdur rahman wrote:
> i hope as soon as the laptops are released 1st it ill go to private
> service
> centers near by :P as ELCOT TVs went :D there those guys will
> reformat
> it and they ill install the pirated copy of XP or WIN7 and make money
> from
> that
i hope as soon as the laptops are released 1st it ill go to private service
centers near by :P as ELCOT TVs went :D there those guys will reformat
it and they ill install the pirated copy of XP or WIN7 and make money from
that the thing is we need to aware the service center guys and the
ha
Hi guys,
Such a stupid waste of money to install the laptops with
propreitary software. Since July 8 is the deadline, the first thing is to
schedule the meeting with the officials as proposed by Shrinivasan. Those
who are in India can do this..
I live abroad. What i did is I create
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Raman.P wrote:
> My thoughts on this subject
>
> a.ELCOT is already aware of FOSS benefits.
> b.Role of voluntary organisation like us is very limited
>
But still we can raise our concern in this subject. Ans we can give a
detailed letter stating the facts and
Hi
May a mass mailing to to go for fully Linux laptops?
I used to get few things done (like repair of roads) by sending
complaints to this Chief Minister's ID. Of course, those were the
times of Ms Jayalalitha's previous tenure, things were prompt.
Maybe we could give a try in the capacity of
My thoughts on this subject
a.ELCOT is already aware of FOSS benefits.
b.Role of voluntary organisation like us is very limited
c.Since this is going to be a business decision which involves not only
software but such other things like service support etc. only commercial
entities can do someth
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Operating System : Preloaded Dual booting - Windows starter edition
> > > with Anti Virus for
> > > 1 year license and Linux.
> >
> > If the windows costs min 1000 INR,
> > 9,00,000 * 1,000 = 90,00,00,000
> >
> > 90 Cr rupees wi
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote:
> Friends.
>
> On Jun 18, 2011 TamilNadu Govt announced a Tender for
> "9 lakh" free laptops for the students.
>
> Here is the Tender Notice :
>
> http://www.tenders.tn.gov.in/pubnowtend/uploaded/TD_elc58921_tn_laptop_scheme.pdf
>
>
> http://e
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