[OLPC India] Ownership of olpc.co.in

Sun Nov 2 18:20:28 EST 2008

"None of us knew who did what" : There are plenty of articles on the
web (search 'Reliance' + 'OLPC' on Google).
A nice example :
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62044520,00.htm

"A couple of people were supporting a certain project and I hope they
are still supporting it."
Reliance = "A couple of people" ?! And you just don't know if Reliance
is still supporting OLPC ?! After Nicholas Negroponte visiting them in
August, this is surprising.

I am more interested in the present than the past (but others may be
interested). Since I don't see any of those people we used to see on
this list, since no news is given about the development of
http://olpc.co.in I assume there is some problem with the Reliance
team and the volunteers.
Satish, you are very present on this list but you are not in India, so
who is doing now the work of OLPC in India ? Can those people come on
the list and explain what they do ? How it is possible to get support,
spare parts, training, when they plan to put a website online...
Video conferencing in August was a nice initiative, before that we had
phone conferencing, now nothing. If this is not the result of a clash
with Reliance, what is it ?
Also, you wrote sometime ago that the pilot time was finished in
India. What was the result, did you publish any report ? I personally
visited the pilot of Kaihat, I would be interested to read the
conclusions.

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Satish Jha <jha.satish at gmail.com> wrote:
> This must stop.
>
> None of us knew who did what. No one was watching. This guy has to stop such accusatory tones.
>
> And what is past  is past. Its not helpful to be deaf to what is being said and see things only through the lenses acquired at some point though they have gone out of focus.
>
> Thanks
> Please pardon my brevity! Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Valentin <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org>
>
> Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:28:56
> To: <india at lists.laptop.org>
> Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Ownership of olpc.co.in
>
>
> Hi Divye,
> Thanks for the info but those who are registered to this list for some
> time know very well who is behind this website.
> Reliance took the initiative to develop the OLPC pilot projects in
> India more than a year ago.
> It is really funny to read Satish's message pretending not to know
> about it. Nicholas Negroponte himself went to meet this team in august
> in Mumbay. Maybe OLPC should consider using ICT for a better
> communication among the staff. :-)
> -marc-
>
> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Divye Kapoor <divyekapoor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>    Sorry to butt in, but I thought I could help out with some tech info:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>> 2: I do not know about any website that was started so far. I checked
>>> following some emails earlier and I do not know who owns a site that has
>>> been in construction for some time and why was it started or why was it
>>> not
>>> completed. In any case that will not be the official website of the
>>> organization unless we are informed about it and its management is with
>>> the
>>> OLPC India organization.
>>> <snip>
>>> Satish Jha
>>>
>>
>> The website was registered in the name of Reliance. Here is some of the
>> contact information I uncovered:
>>
>> Domain ID:D2578559-AFIN
>> Domain Name:OLPC.CO.IN
>> Created On:16-Aug-2007 04:50:09 UTC
>> Last Updated On:26-Feb-2008 13:04:31 UTC
>> Expiration Date:16-Aug-2009 04:50:09 UTC
>> Sponsoring Registrar:Web Werks India Pvt Ltd dba Dfordomains.com (R61-AFIN)
>> Status:OK
>> Registrant ID:dford_833454496
>> Registrant Name:Mr. Mahesh#~##~#Patil
>> Registrant Organization:Reliance Communications Ltd.
>> Registrant Street1:Thane Belapur Road
>> Registrant Street2:
>> Registrant Street3:
>> Registrant City:Navi Mumbai
>> Registrant State/Province:Maharashtra
>> Registrant Postal Code:400710
>> Registrant Country:IN
>> Registrant Phone:+91.30381415
>> Registrant Phone Ext.:1234
>> Registrant FAX:+91.30381399
>> Registrant FAX Ext.:9876
>> Registrant Email:mahesh.patil at relianceada.com
>> Admin ID:dford_1038089654
>> Admin Name:Mr. Mahesh#~##~#Patil
>> Admin Organization:Reliance Communications Ltd.
>> Admin Street1:Thane Belapur Road
>> Admin Street2:
>> Admin Street3:
>> Admin City:Navi Mumbai
>> Admin State/Province:Maharashtra
>> Admin Postal Code:400710
>> Admin Country:IN
>> Admin Phone:+91.30381415
>> Admin Phone Ext.:1234
>> Admin FAX:+91.30381399
>> Admin FAX Ext.:9876
>> Admin Email:mahesh.patil at relianceada.com
>> Billing ID:dford_1491729851
>> Billing Name:Mr. Mahesh#~##~#Patil
>> Billing Organization:Reliance Communications Ltd.
>> Billing Street1:Thane Belapur Road
>> Billing Street2:
>> Billing Street3:
>> Billing City:Navi Mumbai
>> Billing State/Province:Maharashtra
>> Billing Postal Code:400710
>> Billing Country:IN
>> Billing Phone:+91.30381415
>> Billing Phone Ext.:1234
>> Billing FAX:+91.30381399
>> Billing FAX Ext.:9876
>> Billing Email:mahesh.patil at relianceada.com
>> Tech ID:dford_2110293065
>> Tech Name:Mr. Mahesh#~##~#Patil
>> Tech Organization:Reliance Communications Ltd.
>> Tech Street1:Thane Belapur Road
>> Tech Street2:
>> Tech Street3:
>> Tech City:Navi Mumbai
>> Tech State/Province:Maharashtra
>> Tech Postal Code:400710
>> Tech Country:IN
>> Tech Phone:+91.30381415
>> Tech Phone Ext.:1234
>> Tech FAX:+91.30381399
>> Tech FAX Ext.:9876
>> Tech Email:mahesh.patil at relianceada.com
>> Name Server:NS1.EXCHANGENEXT.NET
>> Name Server:NS2.EXCHANGENEXT.NET
>> Name Server:NS1.RELIANCEADA.COM
>> Name Server:NS2.RELIANCEADA.COM
>> Name Server:NS3.RELIANCEADA.COM
>> Name Server:NS4.RELIANCEADA.COM
>>
>> In case you are interested, you can contact people listed above.
>>
>> Divye Kapoor
>> B.Tech(IDD) CSI
>> IIT Roorkee
>>
>> --
>> An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a
>> cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
>>    H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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>> Webmaster: http://www.drkapoorsclinic.com
>> Blog: http://divyekapoor.blogspot.com
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