Some days back, I got asked on mail as to “if BOSS has to be recognized in FOSS mainstream, what do you think can be done”. So here’s a rough list : + Create a community around it that goes beyond CDAC + Push stuff visibly upstream (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RahulSundaram/WhyUpstream) + Innovate and open up stuff that … Continue reading A wishlist for BOSS
I have blogged about BOSS earlier. The issue is that C-DAC does not need a BOSS like fork (for lack of a better word let’s use fork) to monetise the development efforts that have gone into L10n. In fact a line item product oriented model like BOSS might just not cut much ice even though … Continue reading Why I think BOSS is not a good business model…
Karsten has a nice blog post and, an even nicer report on GSoC 2009 from the perspective of The Fedora Project-JBoss umbrella organization. If you haven’t already gone through it, it would be good to read it up and, provide feedback. An immediate benefit of any project participating in the Summer of Code is the … Continue reading GSoC and beyond…
This time around, the variety of proposals which have been selected for The Fedora Project & JBoss.org combination are awesomely nice. Congratulations to all those who did make it and, for those who could not – I’d say that this is a learning opportunity and, we would look forward to your continued participation and contributions … Continue reading Google Summer of Code 09 etc
I tend to hold on to the theory that both the distributions in essence (BOSSLinux and Baishakhi Linux) should be no different that other Linux distributions who work ‘within’ the community in harmony and collaborate to innovate
These days I am generally averse to government sponsorship of (aka investment in) Open Source, especially if the government in question happens to be the Government of India. I had earlier blogged about BOSSLinux and in recent times I tend to abhor politically motivated over-the-wall Open Source on taxpayer money. For example, take a look … Continue reading What a waste of talent and money…
I am not going to GUADEC (Istanbul) this time. I figured sometime early this month that I won’t be able to take in the travel bits and really do justice towards being there. Perhaps next time … Met Matthew Szulik at FUDCon Boston. Or, just outside where FUDCon was being held #305. Wow ! Mark … Continue reading Points jotted down at random
Sometime back I had posted a letter to the editor of LinuxForYou.It seems that they never learn or never listen. Take the case of the article titled “OSS Adoption in India: The NRCFOSS Way!” To quote from the article: BOSS (Bharat Operating Systems Solutions) is a Linux distribution that has been developed by CDAC for … Continue reading The stuff we sometimes get to read
In his blog entry, Pavel emphatically states that is lacking is regional development groups or to be precise The third presentation I have seen was Louis’ “Year 6”. Nice summary of the recent and also not so recent stuff. Two interesting points in his presentation I strongly agree with: we are still missing regional development … Continue reading Regional/Local Development Groups – do we really lack them ?
1. Total books I own:-around 700 2. Last book I bought:-Wild Swans (Jung Chang) 3. Last book I read:-Last Days of the Reich (James Lucas) Five Point Someone (Chetan Bhagat) The BookSeller of Kabul (Asne Seierstad) Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) Black Friday 4. Books that mean a lot to me: Alice in Wonderland (Lewis … Continue reading Tagging and then some…