[OLPC India] BJP on FOSS fence: Campaigns vs Markets

[Ananya Guha]

Yes, some inputs please for getting some OLPC ordered?

Ananya S Guha

Shillong.


On 5/25/09, Saju Varghese <sajuzac at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Friends,can anyone give me some inputs for getting few OLPC ordered?
>
>  On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Satish Jha <satish at laptop.org> wrote:
>
>>  I am not sure if campaigns have changed purchasing policies in India.
>> Will be glad to know about some examples.
>>
>> That said, "Sugar on a Stick" is good idea and sounds fun as a name as
>> well, amost like a lollypop..
>>
>> One key aspect of open source or not for profit initiatives is that they
>> do not recognise the value of sales and marketing. But consider this. When a
>> buyer has multiple choices, multiple vendors making a case by every possible
>> means about the superiority and value of their product, the campaigns
>> become more of a noise and reverberate among those interested in them until
>> they gain a critical mass and momentum to override the market logic.
>>
>> Then again, campaigns making technology choices have a huge question mark
>> hanging over them.. A bit like Taliban imposing values on the rest of the
>> society... Choices need to be made through a process that allow various
>> competing questions to be addressed and resolved through an agreeable set of
>> criteria..
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe we can start a campaign to run Sugar on a Stick or Sugar on QEMU
>>> on these machines...
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Bhargav Prasanna
>>> <bhargavprasanna at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > We already had an extensive discussion about the BJP thingy on our LUG
>>> list.
>>> > Its really sad that such a big party should say one thing whilst doing
>>> > something completely in contrast (I know. Most parties do that today.)
>>> >
>>> > Frankly, you cannot believe them. While they talk about FOSS, they use
>>> > flash in their websites.
>>> > A Firefox Tools-> Page Info -> Media tab for
>>> > hypertext<colon><slash><slash>www<dot>lkadvani<dot>in yields enough
>>> > information.
>>> > --
>>> --
>>>
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