Re: [Indic-computing-devel] Re: Value (from FSF-India)

[Rajkumar S <s_...@my...>]

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 as...@mi... wrote:

> I could see some of the NGOs were pretty savvy when it came to use of
> ICTs, while most were ICT challenged. They need help, handholding and
> constant motivation in getting onto the ICT bandwagon. And almost all
> of them expressed a desire to be part of a forum/platform where their
> ICT related queries would be answered timely and in a language they
> understand.

FSF India can act as a gateway between NGOs and the geeks, I have already
made a proposal at the FSF India list to use a topic of the FSF India
forum for NGOs. I will talk about this in the FSF working group also.

> This is where networks like OneWorld or sourceforge can play a major
> role. Maybe we can have a parallel network for NGOs (NGO-computing ?)
> on the lines of Indic-computing. I proposed to OneWorld to act as ICT
> evangelist to these NGOs.

FSF can help the OneWorld in making technical choices and even train some
of the people in GNU/Linux

It will be an interesting development if the Free software community and
NGOs come together.

raj