2nd Call for Participation

NCOSS-09: National Conference on Open Source Software

May 25 - 26, 2009, Navi Mumbai, India.

Organized    by

Centre    for Development of Advanced Computing, Mumbai

Supported    by

IEEE    Computer Society, Mumbai and Chennai chapters &

CSI,    Div II on Software & SIG-OSS

Media    Partner

Linux    For You

The National Conference on Open Source Software is intended to act as a
forum for promoting adoption of open source softwares and solutions in
different areas, by sharing experiences in solution selection,
customization/adaptation, etc. Over 110 papers were submitted to the
conference from all over India. After a rigorous international
refereeing process, 25 papers have been selected, which will be
presented during the conference.

Conference Programme :

     *
Pre-Conference  Tutorials (on May 24, 2009) which include


     *
Adopting    Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) using Open Source
Software

     *
How    to build your extensions for Open Office

     *
MySQL    cluster & high availability

     *
Customize    your Moodle [Learning Management System]



   More information on these tutorials can be found at
http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/Tutorials
<http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/Tutorials>

     *
Paper  Presentation in areas including


     *
e-Learning

     *
Collaboration    Technology

     *
e-Commerce

     *
Enterprise    Applications

     *
Indian    Language Computing and Localization

     *
Knowledge    Management

     *
Other    domains



Visit this link for more information on selected papers of the
conference
http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/SelectedPapers
<http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/SelectedPaper\
s>

     *
Invited  Talks


     *
Keynote    address by Prof. C. R. Muthukrishnan, Advisor TCS and
Ex-Director    IIT Madras

     *
Invited    talk by Prof. Prabhu Ramachandran (Developer of Mayavi), IIT
Bombay

     *
Invited    talk by Dr. B.K. Gairola, Director General, NIC (to be
confirmed)



     *
Panel  Discussion


     *
A    panel discussion on - 'Circumventing barriers to FOSS    adoption'


More   information on invited talks and panel discussion will be updated
at
http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/TalksDiscussio\
n
<http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/TalksDiscussi\
on>

     *
Some  live demos of FOSS applications like


     *
Vanilla    - Open Source Business Intelligence software

     *
Indic    script rendering in PDF using jasper reports

     *
Self    Help MIS for SHGs/NGOs

and    more . . .



Programme Committee :

Ramakrishnan S., C-DAC, Pune (Chair)

Chakravarti A. K, DIT, Delhi

Zia Saquib, C-DAC, Mumbai

Sasikumar M, C-DAC, Mumbai

Sivakumar G, IIT, Mumbai

Venkatesh Hariharan, RedHat, Mumbai

Mohan H R, The Hindu, Chennai

Rishab Aiyer Gosh,UNU-MERIT, Netherlands

Krishnan C N, AU-KBC, Chennai

Gora Mohanty, Sarai, Delhi

Rajagopal M R, C-DAC, Chennai

Dravida Seetharam, IBM, Bangalore

Nagarjuna G, HBCSE, Mumbai

Demo Hall :

NCOSS-09, announces DEMO HALL for show-casing open source applications.
The aim is to provide a platform for people to demonstrate their open
source works/tools. Irrespective of whether you have a paper at the
conference, you can use this opportunity to showcase your work.

All those participating in the demo hall must register for the
conference. You would just have to fillup the following
http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/files/conferences/2/ApplicationforDemoSession\
.rtf
<http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/files/conferences/2/ApplicationforDemoSessio\
n.rtf>  and mail it to ncoss@... <mailto:ncoss@...>
asap. Now limited slots are available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
So apply early...

For more details visit
http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/DemoHall
<http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/DemoHall/>

Registration Fees:







Conference

Tutorial

Not-for-profit/    educational institutions

Rs.    2200/-

Rs.    700/-

Industry

Rs.    3500/-

Rs.    1000/-

Student

Rs.    1100/-

Rs.    500/-

( Registration form and more details on website )

Limited seats available, register early !




Contact :

(For more details and registration)
NCOSS-09 Secretariat,

C-DAC Mumbai, Raintree Marg, Near Bharati Vidyapeeth,

Opp. Kharghar Railway Station, Sector 7, CBD Belapur,

Navi Mumbai - 400 614, INDIA.
E-mail : ncoss@...
<mailto:ncoss@...?subject=Participation%20details%20and/or%20R\
egistration%20for%20NCOSS%202009>
Phone : +91-22-27565303
Fax : +91-22-27560004
Website : http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in <http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/>




Warm regards,

NCOSS Team.



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Dear Colleagues,
If you received this email in error, please forward it to the
appropriate department at your institution. Please do not reply to this
message. In case of any queries please email us at ncoss@...
<mailto:ncoss@...>

Call for Participation

NCOSS-09: National Conference on Open Source Software

May 25 - 26, 2009, Navi Mumbai, India.

Organized    by

Centre    for Development of Advanced Computing, Mumbai

Supported    by

IEEE    Computer Society, Mumbai and Chennai chapters &

CSI,    Div II on Software & SIG-OSS

Media    Partner

Linux    For You

The National Conference on Open Source Software is intended to act as a
forum for promoting adoption of open source softwares and solutions in
different areas, by sharing experiences in solution selection,
customization/adaptation, etc. Over 110 papers were submitted to the
conference from all over India. After a rigorous international
refereeing process, about 30 papers have been selected, which will be
presented during the conference.

Conference Programme :

     *
Paper  Presentation in areas including

     *
e-Learning

     *
Collaboration   Technology

     *
Language   Computing and Localization

     *
Knowledge   Management

     *
e-Health

     *
Machine   Learning and Data Mining

     *
Testing   and Application Frameworks


     *
Invited  Talks

     *
Panel  Discussions

     *
Live  demos of FOSS applications

     *
Pre-Conference  Tutorials (on May 24, 2009)


Programme Committee :

Ramakrishnan S., C-DAC, Pune (chair)

Chakravarti A. K, DIT, Delhi

Zia Saquib, C-DAC, Mumbai

Sasikumar M, C-DAC, Mumbai

Sivakumar G, IIT, Mumbai

Venkatesh Hariharan, RedHat, Mumbai

Mohan H R, The Hindu, Chennai

Rishab Aiyer Gosh,UNU-MERIT, Netherlands

Krishnan C N, AU-KBC, Chennai

Gora Mohanty, Sarai, Delhi

Rajagopal M R, C-DAC, Chennai

Dravida Seetharam, IBM, Bangalore

Nagarjuna G, HBCSE, Mumbai

Demo Hall :

NCOSS-09, announces DEMO HALL for show-casing open source applications.
The aim is to provide a platform for people to demonstrate their open
source works/tools. Irrespective of whether you have a paper at the
conference, you can use this opportunity to showcase your work.

All those participating in the demo hall must register for the
conference. Mail your applications to ncoss@...
<mailto:ncoss@...>  giving a brief description of the demo
sessions by May 05,2009.

For more details visit http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in
<http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/>

Registration Fees:







Conference

Tutorial

Not    for profit/ educational institutions

Rs.    2200/-

Rs.    700/-

Industry

Rs.    3500/-

Rs.    1000/-

Student

Rs.    1100/-

Rs.    500/-

( Registration form and more details on website )




Contact :

(For more details and registration)
NCOSS-09 Secretariat,

C-DAC Mumbai, Raintree Marg, Near Bharati Vidyapeeth,

Opp. Kharghar Railway Station, Sector 7, CBD Belapur,

Navi Mumbai - 400 614, INDIA.
E-mail : ncoss@...
<mailto:ncoss@...?subject=Participation%20details%20and/or%20R\
egistration%20for%20NCOSS%202009>
Phone : +91-22-27565303
Fax : +91-22-27560004
URL : http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in <http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/>




Warm regards,

NCOSS Team.




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Dear Colleagues,

If you received this email in error, please forward it to the
appropriate department at your institution.

Please do not reply to this message. In case of any queries please email
us at ncoss@... <mailto:ncoss@...>

NCOSS-09 announces

Demo    Hall for Open Source Applications

on 25th    - 26th May 2009, Mumbai, India.
ABOUT DEMO HALL
The National Conference on Open Source Software, NCOSS-09, announces
DEMO HALL for showcasing open source applications. The aim is to provide
a platform for people to demonstrate their open source works/tools to
the world. Irrespective of whether you have a paper at the conference,
you can use this opportunity to showcase your work.




The application, to be demonstrated, should be an open source
application - i.e., an application which is open source, not just built
using/on open source technologies. The application may be new systems or
significant enhancements to existing open source applications. Adapting
and adopting a collection of open source systems to solve a problem will
also be considered. With lower priority, we will also consider existing
applications with which you have extensive experience that you can share
with the audience. So, if you find, say Moodle, an excellent learning
management system and you have used it extensively, you could offer to
demonstrate it, to spread awareness of such applications.




All those participating in the demo-hall must register for the
conference. The demo hall will have demonstrations slotted for half an
hour each. The demo-hall will run in parallel with the conference paper
presentation, excluding the plenary sessions. The slot allocations will
be done by the conference organisers, considering the topic of the demo
and other parallel events likely at that time.




If you are interested in participating,     mail your applications to
ncoss@...
<mailto:ncoss@...?subject=Demo%20Hall%20-%20Application%20>
giving a brief description of the demo sessions. Last date for
submitting your 'Demo Hall' entries: May 05, 2009. According to its
relevance to the conference and other constraints, we will short-list
entries from received applications. The list of demo-hall entries will
be announced periodically, adding new entries subject to availability of
slots. So apply early...



Contact Information
Address

:

NCOSS Conference     Secretariat

CDAC-Mumbai     (formerly NCST), Rain Tree Marg, Sector-7,

Near Bharti     Vidyapeeth, Opp. Kharghar Railway station,

CBD Belapur,

Navi Mumbai -     400614

Maharashtra,     India

E-mail

:

ncoss@...
<mailto:ncoss@...?subject=Demo%20Hall%20-%20Application%20>

Web

:

http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in <http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/>

Ph.

:

+91     - 22 - 27565303

Fax

:

+91 - 22 -     27560004 (on request)







With warm regards,

NCOSS team



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---------- Forwarded message ----------

Software Freedom International, the worldwide organizer of the annual
Software Freedom Day, encourages all SFD teams to support the Document
Freedom Day 2009 (DFD 2009) celebration (http://documentfreedom.org/) on 25
March 2009. DFD 2009 aims to raise awareness on the importance of accessible
document formats and open standards in everyone's day to day activities.

Open standards are agreed document definitions which are available to the
public to review and use. They cannot depend on formats or protocols that
are not open standards themselves. The definitions of these open standards
are free from legal and technical restrictions that limit their use, and can
be easily implemented in multiple environments - so they can be used on PCs,
iPods, Playstations and whatever computing environments we'll be using in 50
years time.

Open standards protect governments, businesses and the wider community of
computer users from vendor and data lock-ins. Such lock-ins obstruct users
from exercising their full freedom in software and the information they
access. Computers have only become part of daily life in the last twenty or
thirty years, and yet already there are documents that, due to closed
formats, we are unable to easily access using modern software.

Software freedom will not be complete without open standards and open
document formats. Together, they ensure that free and open source software
can be created and developed to implement open standards to benefit millions
of users worldwide.

The Software Freedom Day and Document Freedom Day teams are united in
advancing information and software freedom for everyone. Find out where your
closest DFD 2009 team is by visiting the website (
http://documentfreedom.org/) - and if there isn't one, why not plan your own
event?

REFERENCE:
Rick Bahague
rick@...
Publicity officer, Software Freedom International


_____________________________________________


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Free Software Camp for Ngo's and  Civil Society Groups

NGO In a Box

5 day residential workshop on free software tools and  methodologies

March 24 - 28 ,2009,Madhya Pradesh,India

Call for Participation

What is Ngo in a Box?

NGO-in-a-box is a collection of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools
selected for use by non-profit organizations,along with workshops conducted
to help users effectively deploy the software in their organizations.The
software is distributed in down-loadable form and as a physical box set of
cd's. Several customized editions of NGO-in-a-box exist to provide
organizations with the software they need in relation to different topics
and requirements.

This is a Call for participants for our 7th workshop.Make use of this free
software camp to enrich your knowledge and help your organization
effectively leverage free software without the licensing hassles.Learn about
free software components and methodologies and how to enable it in your
everyday work.

Limited number of scholarships are  available for select participants based
on past work,area of expertise and ability to spread the concept to other
voluntary organizations.These participants will receive free training,food
and accomodation.Travel expenses will be reimbursed at the end of the
workshop.

For details of our previous workshops, visit http://ngoinabox.mahiti.org

Organizers: The workshops are being organized by Mahiti, Bangalore with the
support of HIVOS, Netherlands and in collaboration with Tactical Technology
Collective.

Participant profile: This event is geared  towards the technology
professionals working in Ngo's and similar voluntary organizations;
consultants and tech support groups providing IT service and support to such
non governmental bodies.

The workshop will cover the following broad domains:

  1.  Free Software: What to consider when migrating to free and open
  source software(FOSS), installation of a Linux operating system, commonly
  used office and internet packages.
  2.  Open Publishing: Desktop publishing, image editing, web publishing
  and collaboration, content management.
  3.  Audio Visual: Audio-Video editing and distribution, media capture, audio
  visual playing tools.
  4.  Security: Internet security, passwords, data storage and
backup, communication
  and encryption.
  5.  Techniques and methodologies:To help you  effectively communicate
  with your audience in india and across the world.

Date and Place:  This event will  be held in the state of Madhya Pradesh
 from March 24 - 28, 2009. Participants are required to attend the entire
event, which means arriving at the venue on

or before 24 March and leaving on 28 March evening. The exact venue will be
communicated to successful applicants.

Last date for submitting application forms: March 5, 2009

Intimation of final list of participants by   : March 10, 2009

Interested?  Visit  http://ngoinabox.mahiti.org and fill up the online
application form .

For any questions or clarifications contact :

Rajeev Nair

Project Coordinator

Ngo in a Box

Mahiti Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

# 33-34, Hennur Cross

Hennur Main Road

Bangalore, India - 560043

Phone:  +91 80 4148 5080/1  41150580/1

Mobile: 096113 44374

E mail: ngoinabox@...


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"Press the button Max." - The Great Race

Hi,

Debian has released new stable version after Debian Etch 4.0

http://www.debian.org/

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released

February 14th, 2009

The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of
Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed "Lenny") after 22 months of
constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system
which supports a total of twelve processor architectures and includes
the KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments. It also features
compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.2
of the LSB.

Debian GNU/Linux runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld
systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A
total of twelve architectures are supported: Sun SPARC (sparc), HP
Alpha (alpha), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Intel IA-32 (i386),
IA-64 (ia64), HP PA-RISC (hppa), MIPS (mips, mipsel), ARM (arm,
armel), IBM S/390 (s390), and AMD64 and Intel EM64T (amd64).

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" adds support for Marvell's Orion platform
which is used in many storage devices. Supported storage devices
include the QNAP Turbo Station series, HP Media Vault mv2120, and
Buffalo Kurobox Pro. Additionally, "Lenny" now supports several
Netbooks, in particular the Eee PC by Asus. "Lenny" also contains the
build tools for Emdebian which allow Debian source packages to be
cross-built and shrunk to suit embedded ARM systems.

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" includes the new ARM EABI port, "armel".
This new port provides a more efficient use of both modern and future
ARM processors. As a result, the old ARM port (arm) has now been
deprecated.

This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as the
K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME
desktop environment 2.22.2, the Xfce 4.4.2 desktop environment, LXDE
0.3.2.1, the GNUstep desktop 7.3, X.Org 7.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1,
GIMP 2.4.7, Iceweasel 3.0.6 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox),
Icedove 2.0.0.19 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird),
PostgreSQL 8.3.6, MySQL 5.0.51a, GNU Compiler Collection 4.3.2, Linux
kernel version 2.6.26, Apache 2.2.9, Samba 3.2.5, Python 2.5.2 and
2.4.6, Perl 5.10.0, PHP 5.2.6, Asterisk 1.4.21.2, Emacs 22, Inkscape
0.46, Nagios 3.06, Xen Hypervisor 3.2.1 (dom0 as well as domU
support), OpenJDK 6b11, and more than 23,000 other ready-to-use
software packages (built from over 12,000 source packages).

With the integration of X.Org 7.3 the X server autoconfigures itself
with most hardware. Newly introduced packages allow the full support
of NTFS filesystems and the use of most multimedia keys out of the
box. Support for Adobe® Flash® format files is available via the
swfdec or Gnash plugins. Overall improvements for notebooks have been
introduced, such as out of the box support of CPU frequency scaling.
For leisure time several new games have been added, including puzzle
games as well as first-person shooters. Also notable is the
introduction of "goplay", a graphical games browser offering filters,
search, screenshots and descriptions for games in Debian.

The availability and updates of OpenJDK, GNU Java compiler, GNU Java
bytecode interpreter, Classpath and other free versions of Sun's Java
technology, into Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 allow us to ship Java-based
applications in Debian's "main" repository.

Further improvements in system security include the installation of
available security updates before the first reboot by the Debian
Installer, the reduction of setuid root binaries and open ports in the
standard installation, and the use of GCC hardening features in the
builds of several security-critical packages. Various applications
have specific improvements, too. PHP for example is now built with the
Suhosin hardening patch.

For non-native English speaking users the package management systems
now support translated package descriptions and will automatically
show the description of a package in the native language of the user,
if available.

Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such
as DVDs, CDs, USB sticks and floppies, or from the network. GNOME is
the default desktop environment and is contained on the first CD.
Other desktop environments — KDE, Xfce, or LXDE — can be installed
through two new alternative CD images. Again available with Debian
GNU/Linux 5.0 are multi-arch CDs and DVDs supporting installation of
multiple architectures from a single disc; and this release adds
Blu-ray Discs, allowing the archive for an entire architecture to be
shipped on a single BD.

In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux can
now also be directly used without prior installation. The special
images used, known as live images, are available for CDs, USB sticks,
and netboot setups. Initially, these are provided for the amd64 and
i386 architectures only.

The installation process for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 has been improved in
many ways: among many other improvements, support for installation
from more than one CD or DVD has been restored, firmware required by
some devices can be loaded by using removable media, and installations
via Braille display are supported. The installer boot process has also
received much attention: a graphical menu can be used to choose
front-ends and desktop environments, and to select expert or rescue
mode. The installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now been
translated to 63 languages.

Debian GNU/Linux can be downloaded right now via bittorrent (the
recommended way), jigdo or HTTP; see Debian GNU/Linux on CDs for
further information. It will soon be available on DVD, CD-ROM and
Blu-ray Disc from numerous vendors, too.

Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 from the previous release, Debian
GNU/Linux 4.0 (codenamed "Etch") are automatically handled by the
aptitude package management tool for most configurations, and to a
certain degree also by the apt-get package management tool. As always,
Debian GNU/Linux systems can be upgraded painlessly, in place, without
any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the
release notes for possible issues, and for detailed instructions on
installing and upgrading. The release notes will be further improved
and translated to additional languages in the weeks after the release.

Dedication

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" is dedicated to Thiemo Seufer, a Debian
Developer who died on December 26th, 2008 in a tragic car accident.
Thiemo was involved in Debian in many ways. He has maintained several
packages and was the main supporter of the Debian port to the MIPS
architectures. He was also a member of our kernel team, as well as a
member of the Debian Installer team. His contributions reached far
beyond the Debian project. He also worked on the MIPS port of the
Linux kernel, the MIPS emulation of qemu, and far too many smaller
projects to be named here.

Thiemo's work, commitment, broad technical knowledge and ability to
share this with others will be missed. Thiemo's contributions will not
be forgotten. The high standards of his work make it hard to pick up.

About Debian

Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system, developed by more than a
thousand volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the
Internet. Debian's dedication to Free Software, its non-profit nature,
and its open development model make it unique among GNU/Linux
distributions.

The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its
dedication to the Debian Social Contract, and its commitment to
provide the best operating system possible. Debian 5.0 is another
important step in that direction.
Contact Information

For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
http://www.debian.org/ or send mail to <press@...>.


  Enjoy
- Ravi

Dear Colleagues,

[Apologies if you received multiple copies of this email. You may
forward this email to anyone else, as relevant.]

The paper submission deadline for NCOSS - 2009 has been extended to 28
February 2009.

The CFP for NCOSS can be viewed at :

     *      NCOSS site- http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in or
     *      CSI Communications - January 2009, Issue no. 10, Volume no. 32

Based on requests received from many people, we have now added a
guidelines document for writing a paper, which can be referred here.


With warm regards,

NCOSS Team

Dear Colleagues,

If you received this email in error, please forward it to the
appropriate department at your institution.
You are still in time to submit papers to NCOSS-2009 in order to
share your work in the tracks mentioned in the CFP below. PAPER
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15 February 2009
Please do not reply to this message. In case of any queries please
email us at ncoss@...
NCOSS-09: National Conference on Open Source Software

May 25th - 26th, 2009, Mumbai, India
Organized by
C-DAC, Mumbai

Supported by
IEEE Computer Society, Mumbai and Chennai chapters
Computer Society of India, Div II on Software & SIG-OSS


* * *   CALL FOR PAPERS   * * *


NCOSS - 2009 is being conceived of as a forum to bring together the
various groups working on developing Open Source Applications
catering to specific domains in the ICT world, including education,
health, accessibility, localisation, e-commerce, disaster
management, expert systems, machine learning, etc. A number of high
quality software solutions are available in many of these areas, for
example, SugarCRM, Koha, Drupal, Moodle, Sahana, CollabCAD, etc.
Work on these systems require a combination of domain knowledge and
development expertise. Much of the public awareness in open source
is focussed on desktop, operating system and general productivity
tools. With this background, NCOSS-09 has chosen to focus on the
layer above this, bringing together groups working on various
application domains.

The conference will present experiences in deploying FOSS
applications, comparative studies among competing software
solutions, efforts in adapting and localising FOSS applications,
development of new applications, etc. The conference will consist of
the following:
Invited talks by experts from India and abroad
Presentation of contributed papers selected based on refereeing by a
panel of referees
Exhibition by industry and academia
Pre conference Tutorials (on May 24th )
Panel discussion
  Papers are invited on the topics listed below. All papers will be
subject to external refereeing and acceptance will be subject to
referee evaluation. Accepted papers will be published in the
conference proceedings. We also invite proposals for tutorials.
*** TOPICS ***
Other application areas may also be considered.
Accessibility
   Machine Learning and Data Mining
   Indian Language Computing
   e-Health
   Localisation
   Knowledge Management
   e-Learning
   Collaboration Technologies
   Information Extraction and Retrieval
   Content Management
   Disaster Management
   e-Commerce
   e-Governance




*** INSTRUCTIONS ***
Papers must report original work carried out by the authors. The
work can include enhancing existing Open Source applications for
specific requirements, development of new solutions and comparative
analysis of competing solutions. Direct survey or overview papers
are not acceptable.
Length should not exceed 10 pages of A4 size in length (approx. 5000
words) including figures, etc.
Papers should be in English.
An abstract of about 100-200 words and the area(s) under which the
paper can be categorized, must be included with the paper.
Papers exceeding the specified length are subject to rejection
without review. Since reviewing will be blind, the author names and
affiliations along with the main area of the paper should be given
only on a separate cover sheet. Papers should be in one of the
following formats: PDF, RTF or ODT.
Papers may be submitted via the web at the URL
http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in. A template paper is also made available
at the URL for formatting reference. Those who are unable to make
electronic submissions may send four copies of the paper to the
address listed below.
*** PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ***
Ramakrishnan S., C-DAC, Pune (chair)
   Chakravarti A. K, DIT, Delhi
   Zia Saquib, C-DAC, Mumbai
   Sivakumar G, IIT, Mumbai
   Sasikumar M, C-DAC, Mumbai
   Venkatesh Hariharan, RedHat, Mumbai
   Mohan H R, The Hindu, Chennai
   Rishab Aiyer Ghosh,UNU-MERIT, Netherlands
   Krishnan C N, AU-KBC, Chennai
   Gora Mohanty, Sarai, Delhi
   Rajagopal M R, C-DAC, Chennai
   Dravida Seetharam, IBM, Bangalore
   G Nagarjuna, HBCSE, Mumbai, India







* * *   IMPORTANT DATES   * * *

Submission of papers
   February 15, 2009
   Acceptance intimation
   March 15, 2009
   Camera ready due
   April 15, 2009
   Tutorial Proposals due
   March 15, 2009
   Tutorial Acceptance intimation
   April 15, 2009


* * *   CONTACT DETAILS   * * *


Address :
NCOSS Conference Secretariat
CDAC-Mumbai (formerly NCST), Rain Tree Marg, Sector-7,
Near Bharti Vidyapeeth, Opp. Kharghar Railway Station,
CBD Belapur,
Navi Mumbai - 400614
Maharashtra, India

E-mail: ncoss@...
Web: http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in
Ph.: +91 - 22 - 27565303
Fax: +91 - 22 - 27560004 (on request)


With warm regards,
NCOSS team

NCOSS-09: National Conference on Open Source Software

May 25th - 26th, 2009, Mumbai, India

Organized by

C-DAC, Mumbai



Supported by

IEEE Computer Society, Mumbai and Chennai chapters

Computer Society of India, Div II on Software & SIG-OSS





* * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * *




NCOSS - 2009 is being conceived of as a forum to bring together the
various groups working on developing Open Source Applications catering
to specific domains in the ICT world, including education, health,
accessibility, localisation, e-commerce, disaster management, expert
systems, machine learning, etc. A number of high quality software
solutions are available in many of these areas, for example, SugarCRM,
Koha, Drupal, Moodle, Sahana, CollabCAD, etc. Work on these systems
require a combination of domain knowledge and development expertise.
Much of the public awareness in open source is focussed on desktop,
operating system and general productivity tools. With this background,
NCOSS-09 has chosen to focus on the layer above this, bringing
together groups working on various application domains.



The conference will present experiences in deploying FOSS
applications, comparative studies among competing software solutions,
efforts in adapting and localising FOSS applications, development of
new applications, etc. The conference will consist of the following:

*

Invited talks by experts from India and abroad
*

Presentation of contributed papers selected based on refereeing
by a panel of referees
*

Exhibition by industry and academia
*

Pre conference Tutorials (on May 24th )
*

Panel discussion

Papers are invited on the topics listed below. All papers will be
subject to external refereeing and acceptance will be subject to
referee evaluation. Accepted papers will be published in the
conference proceedings. We also invite proposals for tutorials.

*** TOPICS ***

Other application areas may also be considered.

Accessibility


Machine Learning and Data Mining

Indian Language Computing


e-Health

Localisation


Knowledge Management

e-Learning


Collaboration Technologies

Information Extraction and Retrieval


Content Management

Disaster Management


e-Commerce

e-Governance






*** INSTRUCTIONS ***

*

Papers must report original work carried out by the authors. The
work can include enhancing existing Open Source applications for
specific requirements, development of new solutions and comparative
analysis of competing solutions. Direct survey or overview papers are
not acceptable.
*

Length should not exceed 10 pages of A4 size in length (approx.
5000 words) including figures, etc.
*

Papers should be in English.
*

An abstract of about 100-200 words and the area(s) under which
the paper can be categorized, must be included with the paper.

Papers exceeding the specified length are subject to rejection without
review. Since reviewing will be blind, the author names and
affiliations along with the main area of the paper should be given
only on a separate cover sheet. Papers should be in one of the
following formats: PDF, RTF or ODT.

Papers may be submitted via the web at the URL
http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in.A template paper is also made available at
the URL for formatting reference. Those who are unable to make
electronic submissions may send four copies of the paper to the
address listed below.

*** PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ***

Ramakrishnan S., C-DAC, Pune (chair)


Chakravarti A. K, DIT, Delhi

Zia Saquib, C-DAC, Mumbai


Sivakumar G, IIT, Mumbai

Sasikumar M, C-DAC, Mumbai


Venkatesh Hariharan, RedHat, Mumbai

Mohan H R, The Hindu, Chennai


Rishab Aiyer Ghosh,UNU-MERIT, Netherlands

Krishnan C N, AU-KBC, Chennai


Gora Mohanty, Sarai, Delhi

Rajagopal M R, C-DAC, Chennai


Dravida Seetharam, IBM, Bangalore



(This list is partial)





* * * IMPORTANT DATES * * *



Submission of papers


February 15, 2009

Acceptance intimation


March 15, 2009

Camera ready due


April 15, 2009

Tutorial Proposals due


March 15, 2009

Tutorial Acceptance intimation


April 15, 2009





* * * CONTACT DETAILS * * *





Address :

NCOSS Conference Secretariat

CDAC-Mumbai (formerly NCST), Rain Tree Marg, Sector-7,

Near Bharti Vidyapeeth, Opp. Kharghar Railway Station,

CBD Belapur,

Navi Mumbai - 400614

Maharashtra, India



E-mail: ncoss@...

Web: http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in

Ph.: +91 - 22 - 27565303
Fax: +91 - 22 - 27560004 (on request)





With warm regards,

NCOSS team

Hi All,

FOSS.in dates are now declared. However, what is more interesting is this:

http://foss.in/2008/10/fossin2008-the-omelette-post/

Of late, FOSS related events seem to be becoming more like election
rallies and this looks like a really positive change initiated by the
organisers. Surely, makes it worth attending even more. Please visit:
http://foss.in for details.

Views, comments and plans on the same are welcome.

Girish
--

Hello all,

> There appears to be a growing recognition of FOSS and Linux in
> e-governance, education and industry and if seminars and events can be
> arranged periodically, it will help guide the efforts of everyone in
> the right direction.

Very true. FOSS is now like every where.

With open source events You
a. make friends
b. come to know the latest trends/technology in the market.
c. can market your skills.
d. get free t-shirts/Goodies/CDs etc...

Few of the events are listed here.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RegionalTeams/India/EventTracker

I have been to Gnuify(http://www.gnunify.in/) twice Once as an
audience and once as a speaker. Ofcourse the experience was different
  :) . Its a worth attending event . There are both technical and non
technical discussions. There is some thing for every one, from
beginners to experts.

The next big event is coming in this November, FOSS.IN/2008(http://foss.in/).
I will be attending it this time.

You can only realize the benefits of such events when you attend one of them.

Hope to meet you in one such event.

Cheers.
Neependra

hi..I have sent 5 Cds of Ubuntu Linux [www.canonical.com] each to
Takshshila, Hitkarini and Polytechnic colleges and 2 Cds to
Pushpendra. If anybody needs copies, they can contact the respective
HoDs of the said colleges.
If I will get hold on any interesting stuff, I will have it
distributed as and when possible.
Hope the efforts like the one taken by Neependra will help promote the
FOSS movement and create opportunity to embrace the same in
development, education and usage.
There appears to be a growing recognition of FOSS and Linux in
e-governance, education and industry and if seminars and events can be
arranged periodically, it will help guide the efforts of everyone in
the right direction.
With best wishes,
--
============================
Girish

Hello,

Checkout following link :-
http://youtube.com/nptelhrd

The project is a joint venture by IITs and IISc.

You can use many tools/websites to download the videos so that they
can be used offline as and when required.
One such website is http://keepvid.com

Neependra

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया]
<fredericknoronha@...>
Date: Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 1:18 AM
Subject: [little_league] Some thoughts from RMS


It's not the Gates, it's the bars
By Richard Stallman
Founder, Free Software Foundation

To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point.
What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical
system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software
companies, imposes on its customers.

That statement may surprise you, since most people interested in
computers have strong feelings about Microsoft. Businessmen and their
tame politicians admire its success in building an empire over so many
computer users.

Many outside the computer field credit Microsoft for advances which it
only took advantage of, such as making computers cheap and fast, and
convenient graphical user interfaces.

Gates' philanthropy for health care for poor countries has won some
people's good opinion. The LA Times reported that his foundation spends
five to 10% of its money annually and invests the rest, sometimes in
companies it suggests cause environmental degradation and illness in the
same poor countries.

Many computerists specially hate Gates and Microsoft. They have plenty
of reasons.

'Solicit funds'

Microsoft persistently engages in anti-competitive behaviour, and has
been convicted three times. George W Bush, who let Microsoft off the
hook for the second US conviction, was invited to Microsoft headquarters
to solicit funds for the 2000 election.

Many users hate the "Microsoft tax", the retail contracts that make you
pay for Windows on your computer even if you won't use it.

In some countries you can get a refund, but the effort required is daunting.

There's also the Digital Restrictions Management: software features
designed to "stop" you from accessing your files freely. Increased
restriction of users seems to be the main advance of Vista.

'Gratuitous incompatibilities'

Then there are the gratuitous incompatibilities and obstacles to
interoperation with other software. This is why the EU required
Microsoft to publish interface specifications.

  This year Microsoft packed standards committees with its supporters to
procure ISO approval of its unwieldy, unimplementable and patented "open
standard" for documents. The EU is now investigating this.

These actions are intolerable, of course, but they are not isolated
events. They are systematic symptoms of a deeper wrong which most people
don't recognise: proprietary software.

Microsoft's software is distributed under licenses that keep users
divided and helpless. The users are divided because they are forbidden
to share copies with anyone else. The users are helpless because they
don't have the source code that programmers can read and change.

If you're a programmer and you want to change the software, for yourself
or for someone else, you can't.

If you're a business and you want to pay a programmer to make the
software suit your needs better, you can't. If you copy it to share with
your friend, which is simple good-neighbourliness, they call you a "pirate".

'Unjust system'

Microsoft would have us believe that helping your neighbour is the moral
equivalent of attacking a ship.

The most important thing that Microsoft has done is to promote this
unjust social system.

Gates is personally identified with it, due to his infamous open letter
which rebuked microcomputer users for sharing copies of his software.

It said, in effect, "If you don't let me keep you divided and helpless,
I won't write the software and you won't have any. Surrender to me, or
you're lost!"

'Change system'

But Gates didn't invent proprietary software, and thousands of other
companies do the same thing. It's wrong, no matter who does it.

Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, and the rest, offer you software that gives
them power over you. A change in executives or companies is not
important. What we need to change is this system.

That's what the free software movement is all about. "Free" refers to
freedom: we write and publish software that users are free to share and
modify.

We do this systematically, for freedom's sake; some of us paid, many as
volunteers. We already have complete free operating systems, including
GNU/Linux.

Our aim is to deliver a complete range of useful free software, so that
no computer user will be tempted to cede her freedom to get software.

In 1984, when I started the free software movement, I was hardly aware
of Gates' letter. But I'd heard similar demands from others, and I had a
response: "If your software would keep us divided and helpless, please
don't write it. We are better off without it. We will find other ways to
use our computers, and preserve our freedom."

In 1992, when the GNU operating system was completed by the kernel,
Linux, you had to be a wizard to run it. Today GNU/Linux is
user-friendly: in parts of Spain and India, it's standard in schools.
Tens of millions use it, around the world. You can use it too.

Gates may be gone, but the walls and bars of proprietary software he
helped create remain, for now.

Dismantling them is up to us.

Richard Stallman is the founder of the Free Software Foundation. You can
copy and redistribute this article under the Creative Commons Noderivs
license.

This article is published on BBC News online. Please share this link
with your friends and family, and post it to any blogs, link sharing or
social sites you think may find it interesting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7487060.stm



--
FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org
Ph +91-832-2409490 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Goa
http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericknoronha

------------------------------------
-Girish
--
============================


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hello all,

Here are the pics of the event
http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/jbp-lug/photos

Neependra

Meeting minutes of LUG event (17th June'08)

The event was organized at Takshila Engineering college.It was
attended by students of Takshila Engineering college,Jabalpur
Engineering college,HItkarni Engineering college and St. Aloysius
college.

The event was started with an open discussion in which we discussed
about common problem which students face,like lack of guidance,
resources.Then I mentioned  about the practical uses of the
engineering subjects.This was eye opener for few of the attendees.

After that we talked about the Open Source.Why it is idea behind it
and why we should use it?

Then I gave the presentation on Fedora.
http://fedoraproject.org/w/uploads/6/69/Presentations_dakshh_presentation.pdf

We then discussed about the JBP-LUG.I gave a bit of history about it
and then introduced senior members.Then I mentioned about the things
which we can do in LUG meetings and requested some of the students to
come forward and volunteer for LUG activities.
Chandan Tiwari of  Takshila Engineering college put his name to help
us organize the next event.

We were not able to finalize the next event venue or date but promised
to discuss about this on the mailing list.

Then Pushpendra advised the students to find "WHY/WHAT ??" in every
thing they see, study.
He mentioned that you should not believe in things which some
says.Analysis of any subject is very necessary and you should consider
both positive and negative aspects.

At the end we distributed fedora batches and stickers.

If I missed something then feel free to add.

Thanks.
Neependra.

ps: As of I now I have very limited internet access, so I will upload
the pictures of the event later.

Eagerly awaiting the minutes of the meeting.

Thanks & Regards
Ravi Shanker

--- In jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com, "Neependra Khare" <nkhare@...> wrote:
>
> Thank you for your suggestions Ravi.
> I will put the meeting minutes and then we can discuss futher.
>
> Nependra
>

Congratulations to all the LUG members and participants for the successful
and meaningful meeting and event held yesterday. Please keep up the good
work.

With best wishes,
Girish Shukla

PS: Paul has been removed from the list due to his violation of group
etiquettes and his own willingness not to receive communication. Apologies
for top-posting.


On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Neependra Khare <nkhare@...>
wrote:

> Paul,
>
> Please unsubscribe from the group if you do not want the mails from this
> group.
>
> Thanks.
> Neependra
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Hi,
Tomorrow firefox 3 is planned to be released, so they have organized
download party to create world record of highest number of downloads
in a day.

So, my friends join party tomorrow. and be a part of work record.
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

--

--


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

sorry, bit late in posting [blame the railways ;-) ], anyways, just for
record and with all the best wishes.
We have 16 confirmed online registrations and about an equal number of
offline participants including volunteers and members.
-Girish
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Neependra Khare <nkhare@...>
Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Subject: Reminder : LUG meet on 17th June'08 at Takshila Institute of
Technology. Timings 3PM - 5:30PM
To: neependra.khare@...
Cc: Girish Shukla <girishshukla@...>, girish.shukla@...


Hi All,

This is a reminder mail about the LUG event which we will be having
tomorrow, on 17th June'08.
The Venue is :-

Takshila Institute of Technology, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Sharda Mata Mandir Road, Shaheed Gulab Singh Ward, Nh-7 Road
Madan Mahal Jabalpur(M.P.)

Timings:- 3PM - 5:30PM

Agenda:-
a. Introduction
b. Open discussion on the problems students face.
c. Why Open Source?
d. What is Fedora?
e. Jbp-lug -- how to keep the ball rolling.

You can contact me at +91-9926300240 if you have any questions.

Please try to be on time.
Will see you tomorrow ....then.

Cheers.

Neependra
http://techieneeps.blogspot.com/



--


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Paul,

Please unsubscribe from the group if you do not want the mails from this group.

Thanks.
Neependra

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:31 PM, paul simmons <paulsi@...> wrote:
> Stop sending me your bloody mail !!! PLEASE
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Neependra Khare
> To: jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [jbp-lug] Agenda for LUG meet
>
> Also further suggestions from any of the LUG member are welcome.
>
> Neependra
>
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Neependra Khare
> <nkhare@...> wrote:
>> Thank you for your suggestions Ravi.
>> I will put the meeting minutes and then we can discuss futher.
>>
>> Nependra
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Ravi Shanker
>> <srinivasons_ravi@...> wrote:
>>> I believe you are right Prashant. If this group keeps meeting and
>>> discussing/acting on whatever is discussed things would definitely
>>> move. This would not happen in a day. Vikas I hope you get the cue we
>>> are here to revive the group first and keep it moving. Thinking of
>>> expansion in any aspect is practically a distant dream :) for this LUG
>>> as of now.Every community member is a contributor in his own right. We
>>> need to keep it in mind and keep the spirit up to see everybody is
>>> equally involved and contributing to it.
>>>
>>> I would suggest the following as some of the actionable items to be
>>> discussed in this meet besides the Fedora presentations -
>>>
>>> 1.Frequency and venue of the LUG meet. Date time and place for the
>>> next meet.
>>> 2.Identify key members who could be assigned the day to day tasks on
>>> voluntary basis for the LUG or on rotation basis or whatever is feasible.
>>> 3. Discuss if any monetary efforts required for the LUG and come out
>>> with the desirables for all to contribute.
>>> 4. Discuss the future course of LUG in terms of short term and medium
>>> term objectives.
>>> 5. Clear guidelines for all posts, discussions on the mailing list etc
>>> to reaffirm to all upcoming members of this group.
>>> 6. Discuss if separate hosting space for LUG is required to put all
>>> its guidelines etc. etc.
>>>
>>> The above points may seem simple on paper but require time and effort
>>> of all concerned.
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>> Ravi Shanker
>>>
>>> --- In jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com, prashant k v <kvprashant@...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> just few suggestion typically&nbsp;students are more computer savy
>>> in&nbsp;MP. the first motive of students is to get a decent placement.
>>> and&nbsp;a minority group is to gain knowldege in programming.
>>>> &nbsp;
>>>> 1st group is least bothered about linux, as companies don
>>> specifically ask questions on linux and encourage more ctl+c, ctl+v
>>> attitude.
>>>> &nbsp;
>>>> 2nd&nbsp;group is the&nbsp;one which&nbsp;we need to target.get
>>> people to understand benifits of GNU/linux. &nbsp;
>>>> &nbsp;
>>>> most important thing that a student wants is help in how to learn
>>> programming and and help for major/minor project.
>>>> i think we need some kind of effort to help students on these issues.
>>>> &nbsp;
>>>> last but not the least, mostly all disucssions in linux world ends
>>> up heavy discussions on licensing,GPL/bsd, MS bashing. its better we
>>> keep these things , encourage people to use linux at the same time if
>>> required help them write open source softw.
>>>> &nbsp;
>>>> these are my observation with linux world feel free to add on
>>>> &nbsp;
>>>> Regards
>>>> Prashant
>>>>
>>>> --- On Sat, 6/14/08, vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@... wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@...
>>>> Subject: [jbp-lug] Full support for this efforts.
>>>> To: jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com
>>>> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 9:46 AM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello Friends,
>>>> I am Vikas Naidu, purely working for the development of open source
>>>> and spreading it in Jabalpur. Please keep this away from your mind
>>>> that one banner has been suffixed with me. The motto of this group is
>>>> to spreading the LINUX (Open Source) acceptance in the Jabalpur as
>>>> well as the surrounding areas of Mahakoushal as well. If we stick to
>>>> Jabalpur only our motto is not going to fulfill. So my suggestation is
>>>> plz think for the forward also. I am working for the surrounding areas
>>>> also like Katni, Satna, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol etc. and would looking
>>>> forward for happening of these events at these places also. Any kind
>>>> of support from me is accepted without any commercial or business
>>>> interest. I am the only person who is permanently sitting at jabalpur
>>>> so that I feel proud if I can help at any way for this community.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Vikas Naidu
>>>> Jabalpur
>>>> +919425152831
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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>
> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.
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>

Stop sending me your bloody mail !!!  PLEASE
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Neependra Khare
   To: jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 4:59 PM
   Subject: Re: [jbp-lug] Agenda for LUG meet


   Also further suggestions from any of the LUG member are welcome.

   Neependra

   On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Neependra Khare
   <nkhare@...> wrote:
   > Thank you for your suggestions Ravi.
   > I will put the meeting minutes and then we can discuss futher.
   >
   > Nependra
   >
   > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Ravi Shanker
   > <srinivasons_ravi@...> wrote:
   >> I believe you are right Prashant. If this group keeps meeting and
   >> discussing/acting on whatever is discussed things would definitely
   >> move. This would not happen in a day. Vikas I hope you get the cue we
   >> are here to revive the group first and keep it moving. Thinking of
   >> expansion in any aspect is practically a distant dream :) for this LUG
   >> as of now.Every community member is a contributor in his own right. We
   >> need to keep it in mind and keep the spirit up to see everybody is
   >> equally involved and contributing to it.
   >>
   >> I would suggest the following as some of the actionable items to be
   >> discussed in this meet besides the Fedora presentations -
   >>
   >> 1.Frequency and venue of the LUG meet. Date time and place for the
   >> next meet.
   >> 2.Identify key members who could be assigned the day to day tasks on
   >> voluntary basis for the LUG or on rotation basis or whatever is feasible.
   >> 3. Discuss if any monetary efforts required for the LUG and come out
   >> with the desirables for all to contribute.
   >> 4. Discuss the future course of LUG in terms of short term and medium
   >> term objectives.
   >> 5. Clear guidelines for all posts, discussions on the mailing list etc
   >> to reaffirm to all upcoming members of this group.
   >> 6. Discuss if separate hosting space for LUG is required to put all
   >> its guidelines etc. etc.
   >>
   >> The above points may seem simple on paper but require time and effort
   >> of all concerned.
   >>
   >> Best Regards
   >> Ravi Shanker
   >>
   >> --- In jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com, prashant k v <kvprashant@...> wrote:
   >>>
   >>> Hi,
   >>> just few suggestion typically&nbsp;students are more computer savy
   >> in&nbsp;MP. the first motive of students is to get a decent placement.
   >> and&nbsp;a minority group is to gain knowldege in programming.
   >>> &nbsp;
   >>> 1st group is least bothered about linux, as companies don
   >> specifically ask questions on linux and encourage more ctl+c, ctl+v
   >> attitude.
   >>> &nbsp;
   >>> 2nd&nbsp;group is the&nbsp;one which&nbsp;we need to target.get
   >> people to understand benifits of GNU/linux. &nbsp;
   >>> &nbsp;
   >>> most important thing that a student wants is help in how to learn
   >> programming and and help for major/minor project.
   >>> i think we need some kind of effort to help students on these issues.
   >>> &nbsp;
   >>> last but not the least, mostly all disucssions in linux world ends
   >> up heavy discussions on licensing,GPL/bsd, MS bashing. its better we
   >> keep these things , encourage people to use linux at the same time if
   >> required help them write open source softw.
   >>> &nbsp;
   >>> these are my observation with linux world feel free to add on
   >>> &nbsp;
   >>> Regards
   >>> Prashant
   >>>
   >>> --- On Sat, 6/14/08, vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@... wrote:
   >>>
   >>> From: vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@...
   >>> Subject: [jbp-lug] Full support for this efforts.
   >>> To: jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com
   >>> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 9:46 AM
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>> Hello Friends,
   >>> I am Vikas Naidu, purely working for the development of open source
   >>> and spreading it in Jabalpur. Please keep this away from your mind
   >>> that one banner has been suffixed with me. The motto of this group is
   >>> to spreading the LINUX (Open Source) acceptance in the Jabalpur as
   >>> well as the surrounding areas of Mahakoushal as well. If we stick to
   >>> Jabalpur only our motto is not going to fulfill. So my suggestation is
   >>> plz think for the forward also. I am working for the surrounding areas
   >>> also like Katni, Satna, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol etc. and would looking
   >>> forward for happening of these events at these places also. Any kind
   >>> of support from me is accepted without any commercial or business
   >>> interest. I am the only person who is permanently sitting at jabalpur
   >>> so that I feel proud if I can help at any way for this community.
   >>>
   >>> Regards
   >>>
   >>> Vikas Naidu
   >>> Jabalpur
   >>> +919425152831
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
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Also further suggestions from any of the LUG member are welcome.

Neependra

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Neependra Khare
<nkhare@...> wrote:
> Thank you for your suggestions Ravi.
> I will put the meeting minutes and then we can discuss futher.
>
> Nependra
>
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Ravi Shanker
> <srinivasons_ravi@...> wrote:
>> I believe you are right Prashant. If this group keeps meeting and
>> discussing/acting on whatever is discussed things would definitely
>> move. This would not happen in a day. Vikas I hope you get the cue we
>> are here to revive the group first and keep it moving. Thinking of
>> expansion in any aspect is practically a distant dream :) for this LUG
>> as of now.Every community member is a contributor in his own right. We
>> need to keep it in mind and keep the spirit up to see everybody is
>> equally involved and contributing to it.
>>
>> I would suggest the following as some of the actionable items to be
>> discussed in this meet besides the Fedora presentations -
>>
>> 1.Frequency and venue of the LUG meet. Date time and place for the
>> next meet.
>> 2.Identify key members who could be assigned the day to day tasks on
>> voluntary basis for the LUG or on rotation basis or whatever is feasible.
>> 3. Discuss if any monetary efforts required for the LUG and come out
>> with the desirables for all to contribute.
>> 4. Discuss the future course of LUG in terms of short term and medium
>> term objectives.
>> 5. Clear guidelines for all posts, discussions on the mailing list etc
>> to reaffirm to all upcoming members of this group.
>> 6. Discuss if separate hosting space for LUG is required to put all
>> its guidelines etc. etc.
>>
>> The above points may seem simple on paper but require time and effort
>> of all concerned.
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Ravi Shanker
>>
>> --- In jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com, prashant k v <kvprashant@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> just few suggestion typically&nbsp;students are more computer savy
>> in&nbsp;MP. the first motive of students is to get a decent placement.
>> and&nbsp;a minority group is to gain knowldege in programming.
>>> &nbsp;
>>> 1st group is least bothered about linux, as companies don
>> specifically ask questions on linux and encourage more ctl+c, ctl+v
>> attitude.
>>> &nbsp;
>>> 2nd&nbsp;group is the&nbsp;one which&nbsp;we need to target.get
>> people to understand benifits of GNU/linux. &nbsp;
>>> &nbsp;
>>> most important thing that a student wants is help in how to learn
>> programming and and help for major/minor project.
>>> i think we need some kind of effort to help students on these issues.
>>> &nbsp;
>>> last but not the least, mostly all disucssions in linux world ends
>> up heavy discussions on licensing,GPL/bsd, MS bashing. its better we
>> keep these things , encourage people to use linux at the same time if
>> required help them write open source softw.
>>> &nbsp;
>>> these are my observation with linux world feel free to add on
>>> &nbsp;
>>> Regards
>>> Prashant
>>>
>>> --- On Sat, 6/14/08, vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@... wrote:
>>>
>>> From: vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@...
>>> Subject: [jbp-lug] Full support for this efforts.
>>> To: jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com
>>> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 9:46 AM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Friends,
>>> I am Vikas Naidu, purely working for the development of open source
>>> and spreading it in Jabalpur. Please keep this away from your mind
>>> that one banner has been suffixed with me. The motto of this group is
>>> to spreading the LINUX (Open Source) acceptance in the Jabalpur as
>>> well as the surrounding areas of Mahakoushal as well. If we stick to
>>> Jabalpur only our motto is not going to fulfill. So my suggestation is
>>> plz think for the forward also. I am working for the surrounding areas
>>> also like Katni, Satna, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol etc. and would looking
>>> forward for happening of these events at these places also. Any kind
>>> of support from me is accepted without any commercial or business
>>> interest. I am the only person who is permanently sitting at jabalpur
>>> so that I feel proud if I can help at any way for this community.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Vikas Naidu
>>> Jabalpur
>>> +919425152831
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>>
>>
>>
>

Thank you for your suggestions Ravi.
I will put the meeting minutes and then we can discuss futher.

Nependra

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Ravi Shanker
<srinivasons_ravi@...> wrote:
> I believe you are right Prashant. If this group keeps meeting and
> discussing/acting on whatever is discussed things would definitely
> move. This would not happen in a day. Vikas I hope you get the cue we
> are here to revive the group first and keep it moving. Thinking of
> expansion in any aspect is practically a distant dream :) for this LUG
> as of now.Every community member is a contributor in his own right. We
> need to keep it in mind and keep the spirit up to see everybody is
> equally involved and contributing to it.
>
> I would suggest the following as some of the actionable items to be
> discussed in this meet besides the Fedora presentations -
>
> 1.Frequency and venue of the LUG meet. Date time and place for the
> next meet.
> 2.Identify key members who could be assigned the day to day tasks on
> voluntary basis for the LUG or on rotation basis or whatever is feasible.
> 3. Discuss if any monetary efforts required for the LUG and come out
> with the desirables for all to contribute.
> 4. Discuss the future course of LUG in terms of short term and medium
> term objectives.
> 5. Clear guidelines for all posts, discussions on the mailing list etc
> to reaffirm to all upcoming members of this group.
> 6. Discuss if separate hosting space for LUG is required to put all
> its guidelines etc. etc.
>
> The above points may seem simple on paper but require time and effort
> of all concerned.
>
> Best Regards
> Ravi Shanker
>
> --- In jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com, prashant k v <kvprashant@...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> just few suggestion typically&nbsp;students are more computer savy
> in&nbsp;MP. the first motive of students is to get a decent placement.
> and&nbsp;a minority group is to gain knowldege in programming.
>> &nbsp;
>> 1st group is least bothered about linux, as companies don
> specifically ask questions on linux and encourage more ctl+c, ctl+v
> attitude.
>> &nbsp;
>> 2nd&nbsp;group is the&nbsp;one which&nbsp;we need to target.get
> people to understand benifits of GNU/linux. &nbsp;
>> &nbsp;
>> most important thing that a student wants is help in how to learn
> programming and and help for major/minor project.
>> i think we need some kind of effort to help students on these issues.
>> &nbsp;
>> last but not the least, mostly all disucssions in linux world ends
> up heavy discussions on licensing,GPL/bsd, MS bashing. its better we
> keep these things , encourage people to use linux at the same time if
> required help them write open source softw.
>> &nbsp;
>> these are my observation with linux world feel free to add on
>> &nbsp;
>> Regards
>> Prashant
>>
>> --- On Sat, 6/14/08, vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@... wrote:
>>
>> From: vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@...
>> Subject: [jbp-lug] Full support for this efforts.
>> To: jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 9:46 AM
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello Friends,
>> I am Vikas Naidu, purely working for the development of open source
>> and spreading it in Jabalpur. Please keep this away from your mind
>> that one banner has been suffixed with me. The motto of this group is
>> to spreading the LINUX (Open Source) acceptance in the Jabalpur as
>> well as the surrounding areas of Mahakoushal as well. If we stick to
>> Jabalpur only our motto is not going to fulfill. So my suggestation is
>> plz think for the forward also. I am working for the surrounding areas
>> also like Katni, Satna, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol etc. and would looking
>> forward for happening of these events at these places also. Any kind
>> of support from me is accepted without any commercial or business
>> interest. I am the only person who is permanently sitting at jabalpur
>> so that I feel proud if I can help at any way for this community.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Vikas Naidu
>> Jabalpur
>> +919425152831
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
>
>

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:35 AM, prashant k v <kvprashant@...> wrote:
> Hi,
> just few suggestion typically&nbsp;students are more computer savy
> in&nbsp;MP. the first motive of students is to get a decent placement.
Agreed...
But the kind of placements students get ,is the question?

> and&nbsp;a minority group is to gain knowldege in programming.
> &nbsp; 1st group is least bothered about linux, as companies don specifically
ask
> questions on linux and encourage more ctl+c, ctl+v attitude.
> &nbsp;

This copy-paste attitude is the problem and our aim should be to discourage it.
Students have enough time here but they do not utilize it.

> 2nd&nbsp;group is the&nbsp;one which&nbsp;we need to target.get people to
> understand benifits of GNU/linux. &nbsp;> &nbsp;
> most important thing that a student wants is help in how to learn
> programming and and help for major/minor project.

Right.We need to spread the awareness of the open-source and help the
students to understand the that culture. To be frank we do not have
enough mentors in Jabalpur who can help  the students to make good
technical projects.Even if there are some, they do it commercially.

On the other hand we have very good mentors available in the online community.
I think we need to work as a channel which can forward the students to
the world of open-source.

> &nbsp; last but not the least, mostly all disucssions in linux world ends up
heavy
> discussions on licensing,GPL/bsd, MS bashing. its better we keep these
> things , encourage people to use linux at the same time if required help
> them write open source softw.
Experience people enjoy talking about  licensing,GPL/bsd, MS bashing etc..
For students it doen't matter muchl. We should definitely encourage
people to use Linux....having some kind of intall-fest will definitely
be helpful here.

Neependra
http://techieneeps.blogspot.com/

> I am Vikas Naidu, purely working for the development of open source
> and spreading it in Jabalpur. Please keep this away from your mind
> that one banner has been suffixed with me.
I really appreciate your efforts.
Banner does matter and its your identitiy but there is no problem with that.

> also like Katni, Satna, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol etc. and would looking
> forward for happening of these events at these places also.

It will great if we can do things like this in near by cities.
That should be in cards after a year or so. Lets us first make the base here.

> Any kind  of support from me is accepted without any commercial or business
> interest. I am the only person who is permanently sitting at jabalpur
> so that I feel proud if I can help at any way for this community.

We should defenitely cash the opportunity of you being in Jabalpur.
I know you will be a great LUG member.
Thank you for support.

Neependra
http://techieneeps.blogspot.com/

One more point that would interest new comers is the commercial
success stories of Open Source initiatives.

Even this could be discussed and highlighted in the LUG meets.

Best Regards
Ravi Shanker

--- In jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Shanker" <srinivasons_ravi@...>
wrote:
>
> I believe you are right Prasshant. If this group keeps meeting and
> discussing/acting on whatever is discussed things would definitely
> move. This would not happen in a day. Vikas I hope you get the cue we
> are here to revive the group first and keep it moving. Thinking of
> expansion in any aspect is practically a distant dream :) for this LUG
> as of now.Every community member is a contributor in his own right. We
> need to keep it in mind and keep the spirit up to see everybody is
> equally involved and contributing to it.
>
> I would suggest the following as some of the actionable items to be
> discussed in this meet besides the Fedora presentations -
>
> 1.Frequency and venue of the LUG meet. Date time and place for the
> next meet.
> 2.Identify key members who could be assigned the day to day tasks on
> voluntary basis for the LUG or on rotation basis or whatever is
feasible.
> 3. Discuss if any monetary efforts required for the LUG and come out
> with the desirables for all to contribute.
> 4. Discuss the future course of LUG in terms of short term and medium
> term objectives.
> 5. Clear guidelines for all posts, discussions on the mailing list etc
> to reaffirm to all upcoming members of this group.
> 6. Discuss if separate hosting space for LUG is required to put all
> its guidelines etc. etc.
>
> The above points may seem simple on paper but require time and effort
> of all concerned.
>
> Best Regards
> Ravi Shanker
>
> --- In jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com, prashant k v <kvprashant@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > just few suggestion typically&nbsp;students are more computer savy
> in&nbsp;MP. the first motive of students is to get a decent placement.
> and&nbsp;a minority group is to gain knowldege in programming.
> > &nbsp;
> > 1st group is least bothered about linux, as companies don
> specifically ask questions on linux and encourage more ctl+c, ctl+v
> attitude.
> > &nbsp;
> > 2nd&nbsp;group is the&nbsp;one which&nbsp;we need to target.get
> people to understand benifits of GNU/linux. &nbsp;
> > &nbsp;
> > most important thing that a student wants is help in how to learn
> programming and and help for major/minor project.
> > i think we need some kind of effort to help students on these issues.
> > &nbsp;
> > last but not the least, mostly all disucssions in linux world ends
> up heavy discussions on licensing,GPL/bsd, MS bashing. its better we
> keep these things , encourage people to use linux at the same time if
> required help them write open source softw.
> > &nbsp;
> > these are my observation with linux world feel free to add on
> > &nbsp;
> > Regards
> > Prashant
> >
> > --- On Sat, 6/14/08, vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@ wrote:
> >
> > From: vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@
> > Subject: [jbp-lug] Full support for this efforts.
> > To: jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 9:46 AM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Friends,
> > I am Vikas Naidu, purely working for the development of open source
> > and spreading it in Jabalpur. Please keep this away from your mind
> > that one banner has been suffixed with me. The motto of this group is
> > to spreading the LINUX (Open Source) acceptance in the Jabalpur as
> > well as the surrounding areas of Mahakoushal as well. If we stick to
> > Jabalpur only our motto is not going to fulfill. So my suggestation is
> > plz think for the forward also. I am working for the surrounding areas
> > also like Katni, Satna, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol etc. and would looking
> > forward for happening of these events at these places also. Any kind
> > of support from me is accepted without any commercial or business
> > interest. I am the only person who is permanently sitting at jabalpur
> > so that I feel proud if I can help at any way for this community.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Vikas Naidu
> > Jabalpur
> > +919425152831
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

I believe you are right Prashant. If this group keeps meeting and
discussing/acting on whatever is discussed things would definitely
move. This would not happen in a day. Vikas I hope you get the cue we
are here to revive the group first and keep it moving. Thinking of
expansion in any aspect is practically a distant dream :) for this LUG
as of now.Every community member is a contributor in his own right. We
need to keep it in mind and keep the spirit up to see everybody is
equally involved and contributing to it.

I would suggest the following as some of the actionable items to be
discussed in this meet besides the Fedora presentations -

1.Frequency and venue of the LUG meet. Date time and place for the
next meet.
2.Identify key members who could be assigned the day to day tasks on
voluntary basis for the LUG or on rotation basis or whatever is feasible.
3. Discuss if any monetary efforts required for the LUG and come out
with the desirables for all to contribute.
4. Discuss the future course of LUG in terms of short term and medium
term objectives.
5. Clear guidelines for all posts, discussions on the mailing list etc
to reaffirm to all upcoming members of this group.
6. Discuss if separate hosting space for LUG is required to put all
its guidelines etc. etc.

The above points may seem simple on paper but require time and effort
of all concerned.

Best Regards
Ravi Shanker

--- In jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com, prashant k v <kvprashant@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> just few suggestion typically&nbsp;students are more computer savy
in&nbsp;MP. the first motive of students is to get a decent placement.
and&nbsp;a minority group is to gain knowldege in programming.
> &nbsp;
> 1st group is least bothered about linux, as companies don
specifically ask questions on linux and encourage more ctl+c, ctl+v
attitude.
> &nbsp;
> 2nd&nbsp;group is the&nbsp;one which&nbsp;we need to target.get
people to understand benifits of GNU/linux. &nbsp;
> &nbsp;
> most important thing that a student wants is help in how to learn
programming and and help for major/minor project.
> i think we need some kind of effort to help students on these issues.
> &nbsp;
> last but not the least, mostly all disucssions in linux world ends
up heavy discussions on licensing,GPL/bsd, MS bashing. its better we
keep these things , encourage people to use linux at the same time if
required help them write open source softw.
> &nbsp;
> these are my observation with linux world feel free to add on
> &nbsp;
> Regards
> Prashant
>
> --- On Sat, 6/14/08, vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@... wrote:
>
> From: vikas_naidu vikas_naidu@...
> Subject: [jbp-lug] Full support for this efforts.
> To: jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 9:46 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello Friends,
> I am Vikas Naidu, purely working for the development of open source
> and spreading it in Jabalpur. Please keep this away from your mind
> that one banner has been suffixed with me. The motto of this group is
> to spreading the LINUX (Open Source) acceptance in the Jabalpur as
> well as the surrounding areas of Mahakoushal as well. If we stick to
> Jabalpur only our motto is not going to fulfill. So my suggestation is
> plz think for the forward also. I am working for the surrounding areas
> also like Katni, Satna, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol etc. and would looking
> forward for happening of these events at these places also. Any kind
> of support from me is accepted without any commercial or business
> interest. I am the only person who is permanently sitting at jabalpur
> so that I feel proud if I can help at any way for this community.
>
> Regards
>
> Vikas Naidu
> Jabalpur
> +919425152831
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Hi,
just few suggestion typically students are more computer savy in MP.
the first motive of students is to get a decent placement. and a minority
group is to gain knowldege in programming.
 
1st group is least bothered about linux, as companies don specifically ask
questions on linux and encourage more ctl+c, ctl+v attitude.
 
2nd group is the one which we need to target.get people to
understand benifits of GNU/linux.  
 
most important thing that a student wants is help in how to learn programming
and and help for major/minor project.
i think we need some kind of effort to help students on these issues.
 
last but not the least, mostly all disucssions in linux world ends up heavy
discussions on licensing,GPL/bsd, MS bashing. its better we keep these things ,
encourage people to use linux at the same time if required help them write open
source softw.
 
these are my observation with linux world feel free to add on
 
Regards
Prashant

--- On Sat, 6/14/08, vikas_naidu <vikas_naidu@...> wrote:

From: vikas_naidu <vikas_naidu@...>
Subject: [jbp-lug] Full support for this efforts.
To: jbp-lug@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 9:46 AM






Hello Friends,
I am Vikas Naidu, purely working for the development of open source
and spreading it in Jabalpur. Please keep this away from your mind
that one banner has been suffixed with me. The motto of this group is
to spreading the LINUX (Open Source) acceptance in the Jabalpur as
well as the surrounding areas of Mahakoushal as well. If we stick to
Jabalpur only our motto is not going to fulfill. So my suggestation is
plz think for the forward also. I am working for the surrounding areas
also like Katni, Satna, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol etc. and would looking
forward for happening of these events at these places also. Any kind
of support from me is accepted without any commercial or business
interest. I am the only person who is permanently sitting at jabalpur
so that I feel proud if I can help at any way for this community.

Regards

Vikas Naidu
Jabalpur
+919425152831


















[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hello Friends,
I am Vikas Naidu, purely working for the development of open source
and spreading it in Jabalpur. Please keep this away from your mind
that one banner has been suffixed with me. The motto of this group is
to spreading the LINUX (Open Source) acceptance in the Jabalpur as
well as the surrounding areas of Mahakoushal as well. If we stick to
Jabalpur only our motto is not going to fulfill. So my suggestation is
plz think for the forward also. I am working for the surrounding areas
also like Katni, Satna, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol etc. and would looking
forward for happening of these events at these places also. Any kind
of support from me is accepted without any commercial or business
interest. I am the only person who is permanently sitting at jabalpur
so that I feel proud if I can help at any way for this community.

Regards

Vikas Naidu
Jabalpur
+919425152831