[Indic-computing-users] Re: Promoting First Free 100% Tamil OS (Linux)
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From: Frederick N. <fr...@by...> - 2002-09-18 02:00:37
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Bala, We had a meeting in Bangalore and are keen to take forward the localisation, with a number of initiatives going ahead on GNU/Linux too. We need your help. RMS could you give us some more useful pointers? It appears that we don't have sufficient links with those working on GNU/Linux i18n outside of India. Who are the useful people to get in touch with? FN PS: The note below pertains to the recent Mandrake breakthrough with Tamil On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Bala Pillai wrote: > Anpulla Singapore Anbu, > > Mikka nandri for such rapid translation work on this monumental success by > Singapore-based Prabu on the 100% Tamil Computer OS. With your deed, you add > to our collective online collaboration successes and help extinguish the > unprofessional voices of despair, excuses and hopelessness that many like to > echo ad nauseaum. > > Can I suggest a little incremental effort-great gain initiative? > > I reminded Harish Pillay, the President of Singapore Linux User Groups to > prominently feature this at the Linux conference next month in Singapore - > see http://www.lugs.org.sg . And to rope in the Singapore Tamil press for > this newsworthy release. And aim the publicity to get lots more Tamil youth > in Singapore to provide mind resources for continued Tamil Linux/Tamildom > Everyware work. Harish had already asked the organising committee to do so. > > Now chances are the Organising Committee is pressed for time, and is nowhere > as action-passionate (understandably so), priority-wise about Tamil Linux as > Prabu, you and me are. Thus:- > > (a) phone Prabu and Harish and the three of you meet up > > (b) let Tamil Murasu Kunalan know 100% Tamil Linux OS (mention that I asked > you to contact him) > > (c) work out with Harish or his nominee, how best it can be featured at the > Linux Conference - perhaps he can point some Tamil computing students nodal > relationships at NUS/Nantech to assist you > > (d) online assist Chennai Maharajan as he comes to grips with how > significant this is and how big of a step it is in our direction towards > "Tamildom Everyware". > > (e) load up your document onto the Files Section of Erumbugal and make every > Tamil group on and off the Net aware of it. While mentioning that it will be > one of the highlights at the Singapore Linux conference (offer this added > publicity for the conference as a carrot to get the organisers to agree), > send out emails and get someone in the locality to phone follow-up with > press folks. In particular Tamil press bridges like Chennai Dr Bose, > Dinakaran Vanangamudi, Manorama Press etc Sivalingam, Hindu Biz IT Murali, > Vikatan Vaasan, Colombo Jeyatheepan, Toronto Giritharan (I have more > relationships -- mention my name and you will have greater response cos I > have earned my track record). Perhaps you can find someone in Erumbugal or > prospect one to be our PR point man/woman in Chennai. > > Do above, keep Erumbugal posted and I will suggest more connections, > processes and steps. And while doing this, you will be building valuable > relationships for your and Tamil's future as well as learning by doing the > power and foibles of strategic online <--> offline collaboration. > > anpudan../bala > ba...@ta... > > p.s. if you want PR success, be thick-skin :-) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sethu Ramalingam, Anbu Chezhian <anb...@cg...> > To: <ta...@ta...>; <e-u...@ya...>; > <eru...@ya...>; <kal...@ya...>; > <tam...@ya...>; <tam...@ya...> > Cc: 'prabu anand' <pra...@ya...> > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 7:15 AM > Subject: [tamil] Tamil Linux - Oru Arimugam... > > > > Nanbargalae, > > > > Tamil Linux patri Tamilil oru siriya arimugam... > > > > <<tamilinux-anbu.pdf>> > > Endrendrum Anbudan, > > Anbu. S > > Singapore. > > |