On one hand the Government says that it has decentralised and transferred most of the powers to local bodies, and here it appears to be strengthening its hold. CK Raju KILA ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Subject: letter Date: 3 Oct 2002 17:28:43 -0000 From: "ramanunni s sivasankaran" hitharamanunni@rediffmail.com To: ckraju@zyberway.com
I invite your kind attention to the resolution adopted by the Pattanchery Grama Panchayat about the installation of Linux in the computer during the month of January this year. In this regard we had sent a letter to the secretary to the government for the approval of Linux installation in the computers.
The additional secretary for secretary department of local administration in his letter ltr.no 31914/02 dla dt.25.9.02 to the secretary pattanchery grama Panchayat has strictly objected the installation of Linux as operating system in the computer when it is being installed in the Panchayat instead of windows.
The secretary pattanchery grama Panchayat called on me over the phone yesterday and informed this fact to me. This is for your information please.
Nothing more at present.
Thanking you, (Ramanunni)
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Subject: letter Date: 3 Oct 2002 17:28:43 -0000 From: "ramanunni s sivasankaran" hitharamanunni@rediffmail.com To: ckraju@zyberway.com
I invite your kind attention to the resolution adopted by the Pattanchery Grama Panchayat about the installation of Linux in the computer during the month of January this year. In this regard we had sent a letter to the secretary to the government for the approval of Linux installation in the computers.
The additional secretary for secretary department of local administration in his letter ltr.no 31914/02 dla dt.25.9.02 to the secretary pattanchery grama Panchayat has strictly objected the installation of Linux as operating system in the computer when it is being installed in the Panchayat instead of windows.
Somebody from Trivandrum should meet this secretary and ask to justify his order. Either he is ignorant about IT or he is playing in the hands of some vested interest. The adamant stands of any official for MSWindows has to be seen in the light of the recently exposed "Modi Xerox bribery scandal". Our buerocracy is known for corruption. All these hurdles on the path of Free Softeware is pointing towards the necessity of a grassroot level awareness program.
ajith
[snip] ckr> regard we had sent a letter to the secretary to the government for ckr> the approval of Linux installation in the computers. ^^^^^
When you talk to such a large body, like the govt please use a more accurate term. Call it 'GNU/Linux'. Irrespective of whether the order comes through or not, we should educate the government and remove wrong ideas that they have. most government 'IT' ppl still believe that this OS was started in 1991 by a student as a hobby.
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