On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 19:10 +0530, Ganesh Gajare wrote:
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Krishnakant krmane@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 11:26 +0530, Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) wrote:
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:05 AM, jitendrajituviju@gmail.com wrote:
Last year, 2008, the fyjc admission was made online using FOSS. The software is available for any one for asking. I was the architect on behalf of the government. I was instrumental in turning the decision of autorites from not going
in
for online to going in for online this year. That is when my contribution ended.
Last year we used the latest MySQL (5.0) when our engineers had not
enough
experience( was that a sensible decision ? I feel yes as it was
essentially
a pilot) . It took two days to locate MySQL expert who was familiar
with
settings ( Courtesy Dainik Bhaskar) and the dying server revived in 10 minutes.
While comparing last year with this, one may note the following: (not
as
excuses for failures) We had an entrepreneur to come forward taking no money from the
government,
no assurance of students using the system . It was optional. The
physical
form filling was alternative. The charges for service was Rs 5 , with exemption for first two applications. Instead , this year the centralised admission makes online compulsory
for
about 2 lakh students (after discounting the minority seats of about
1.5
lakhs.) Each student has to pay Rs 125/- The undersigned had offered the services for the govt as honorary. This time I was called in initial meetings. But later I was dropped. I may get a call again, I am told.
What is at stake is faith of people in technology in mass usage. Also whether FOSS can serve better?
Interesting...
The decision makers will have tough time explaining their decision if asked under RTI?
KK, here is your chance to file an RTI application, instead of a petition. What say?
Yes I agree. very good idea indeed. Infact I was asking some of my friends who are into law and work at reputed firms. They adviced me the same course of action.
I would be interested to have a private chat with you because I think some experienced person could be a better help. happy hacking. Krishnakant.
Yes, even me also getting into that. When i found that the online admission is going to take place by using only IE, I had placed the mail to Chairperson of MKCL through which this online process of F.YJ.C is conducted. We agree that site is developed using ASPX i.e " ASP .net ". But each foss browser support it much better than IE as i seen.
I am still waiting for reply from "chairperson of MKCL". Hope will get reply.
Regards, Ganesh Gajare
I think chances are very very less. MKCL is one of the biggest agents of M$ and we know through various evidances like the MSC IT basic computer course etc.
happy hacking. Krishnakant.