[fosscomm] Stallman lays stress on right to learn and sharing with others

2012-02-06 Thread Krittika
software available worldwide and one person cannot study and master the source code. Only if we work collectively, will we have control over our computing, he said. -- Krittika Vishwanath

[fosscomm] i-cage for the education system: Apple's proprietary apps control knowledge creation, sharing

2012-02-03 Thread Krittika
favour the current Open standard ePub and prohibit use of proprietary formats used by iBook in government schools. -- Krittika Vishwanath Research

[fosscomm] FOSS meet moots new domain for free software in climate change mitigation

2011-12-29 Thread Krittika
standards and access to knowledge for everyone. -- Krittika Vishwanath Research Associate IT for Change

[fosscomm] BOSS to shut out Windows

2011-11-13 Thread Krittika
and is completely secure. I have been using it for a decade now and find it very cool. The IT department has also made recommendations to other departments of the Secre-tariat to install BOSS in their systems. -- Krittika Vishwanath

[fosscomm] Jaws Screen Reading software to be used by Bangalore University for visually impaired students

2011-09-25 Thread Krittika
views. Life is much easier for us now as we will find the Braille books in our library, he said. -- -- Krittika Vishwanath Research Associate IT for Change

[fosscomm] Kerala launches International Centre for Free and Open Source Software

2011-02-24 Thread Krittika
also. -- Krittika Vishwanath Research Associate IT for Change In special consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC www.ITforChange.net

[fosscomm] Software War Pits Oracle vs. Google

2010-08-30 Thread Krittika
, the university computer scientist. -- Krittika Vishwanath www.itforchange.net Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities Tel:9535321980 What is Public Software? seehttp://public-software-centre.org/node/31 ___ network mailing list

Re: [fosscomm] South India Regional Workshop on Software Principles for the Public Sector, with focus on Public Education

2010-02-28 Thread Krittika
and organizations migrate to public software platforms. Please find the concept note of this workshop here: http://www.public-software.in/Jaipur (English) and http://www.public-software.in/taxonomy/term/54 (Hindi) Thanks and warm regards, Krittika On behalf of: e-Governance Department, Department

[fosscomm] Workshop on Public Software for Social Sector-Principles and Practice

2010-02-22 Thread Krittika
software and its imperative for the public sector. For further information, please read the Concept Note here: http://www.public-software.in/taxonomy/term/54 -- Krittika Vishwanath IT for Change Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities Tel:9535321980 www.ITforChange.net

[fosscomm] South India Regional Workshop on Software Principles for the Public Sector, with focus on Public Education

2010-01-29 Thread Krittika
on a similar theme being organized by Government of Kerala, UNESCO, Solution Exchange, and IT for Change in April 2010. The concept note for the workshop and related documents are available on www.Public-Software.in http://www.Public-Software.in/ . Comments and suggestions welcome! -- Krittika