[OLPC India] Windows on OLPC XO 1.5

[RJV]

Hey Harriet,

Except for the first line of connecting me with somebody in Delhi, the rest
of the email makes no sense to me. I am sure that the same email could have
been sent separate from this email thread so what prompted you to send it
in this thread and leave out the rest?
.
I cannot understand what you mean by "I was reminded when a fellow/friend
wikimedian sent me this exchange quoted below." What is quoted below?

Neither do I understand what you mean by I may have worked with Mr Jha,
when I had mentioned to you quite clearly that I had not.

Neither do I understand what you mean with - "Let me know how I can help
with something "constructive" no pun intended :)"

I am including the rest so that the discussion may continue on the lines
before your email, if anybody has further good suggestions.

Regards,

Jv

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Outofindia <outofindia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Ravichandran
>
> I am connecting you to Satyakam as I had promised.
> Both of you are in Delhi and both may have experience working with Mr Jha.
>
> Sorry for this delay.
>
> I was reminded when a fellow/friend wikimedian sent me this exchange
> quoted below.
>
> I do not get any mail from this list ...so I have missed all the
> discussions.
> India <india at lists.laptop.org>
>
> India list was run by satish at laptop.org, sjha.olpc at gmail.com
> I cant remember now...it was so long ago, if I was disallowed access
> or didn't want to join that list.
>
> He now has a new avatar on vsnl
>
> Can anyone just post the official OLPC Upadte on that list?
>
> One credit point: He has taken down the self created wikipage.
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satish_Jha
>
>
> Let me know how I can help with something "constructive" no pun intended :)
>
> Regards
>
> Harriet
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > hi Harriet,
> >
> > Is this the correct mailing list for India related OLPC stuff? The
> > conversation right now seems commercial rather than social good.
> > warm regards,
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: RJV <jv.ravichandran at gmail.com>
> > Date: 30 September 2012 18:12
> > Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Windows on OLPC XO 1.5
> > To: sjha at vsnl.com
> > Cc: India <india at lists.laptop.org>
> >
> >
> > Yes, I agree and no taking away the credit from your commendable efforts
> to
> > pioneering it, Mr Satish Jha.
> >
> > Rather than attempting to change the world, the pragmatic way is to do
> > simple business. And in business, it is what the customer or the end-user
> > wants that should matter and not what a government thinks or a Sibal
> > thinks!
> >
> > If Sibal or the government has asked the market to wait till it brings
> > Aakash to come up to speed so that the XO does not become a monopoly in
> the
> > market, it is not even worth discussing about such business models.
> >
> > So, the best way forward is to empower individuals to market and sell the
> > XO, with the OLPC values in perspective, and help establish retail stores
> > by the name of OLPC.
> >
> > I suggest that the OLPC India mailing list too be unformed so that
> > individuals can come up with their own capabilities rather than be
> > "controlled" and "pressurised" to work under a model that will not
> succeed
> > because it depends on an entity called politics or government that is
> never
> > conducive to successful business.
> >
> > The dependency, instead, should be endowed upon dedicated and committed
> > individuals who want to take OLPC to the kids in India - underpriviliged
> or
> > not should be of no concern as it is a matter of governance and not
> related
> > to education and learning..
> >
> > It becomes a matter of government concern when news about lacs of units
> > being purchased gets to be aired. Keep the number to less and no longer
> > will the government be concerned as it will not challenge its position.
> > Attempting to make India learn a lesson is in no way a sane concern so
> let
> > the objectives be clear and that is, how to enable the XO to reach a kid
> in
> > India as is the main objective of the OLPC!
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jv
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 5:58 PM, <sjha at vsnl.com> wrote:
> >
> >> JV,
> >>
> >> I founded OLPC India Foundation and have worked on it 24x7 and have some
> >> experience of dealing with nearly every stakeholder.
> >>
> >> India needs to grow up a bit in the way it deals with the challenges the
> >> poor face and they are about 95 % of us. Regardless of what the
> >> government
> >> data may talk about.
> >>
> >> We have to learn to think, something our education system does not
> >> prepare
> >> us for.
> >>
> >> There will always be some exceptions. But we have to learn how the best
> >> in
> >> the world address a problem and succeed in solving it.
> >> Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ravichandran Jv
> > http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > India at lists.laptop.org
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9
> >
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Harriet Vidyasagar
>
> www.outofindia.net
>
> www.womenofindia.net
>
> INDIA: 91-99011 66276
>
> USA: 1-301-649-2240
>
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Harriet Vidyasagar
>
> www.outofindia.net
>
> www.womenofindia.net
>
> INDIA: 91-99011 66276
>
> USA: 1-301-649-2240
>



-- 
Regards,

Ravichandran Jv
http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com
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