thanks for inputs -- have checked hamara web page - need to get more clarity on it - will try installing the distro
datakind.org - seems to be fitting my requirements - where they are using datascience for ngos.... On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Vikas Tara <v...@hamaralinux.org> wrote: > On 03/02/15 04:58, satyaakam goswami wrote: > > > >> Check us out and see if you like what we are doing? > >> > >> http://www.hamaralinux.org/ > >> https://twitter.com/hamaralinux > > > > On a tangential note but yeah its all connected between Redhat and > > Ubuntu there was a chance to do business , Centos has that opportunity > but > > they as a community thought was not a good idea to pursue . So what if > > Hamara can pull it as an ecosystem or platform. > > > > Vik what we have is ample power of Youth and skill what they lack is the > > direction , certainly hacking Hamara could be one path , industry needs > > skilled manpower now . One big opportunity which i emphasize every one > is > > get skills the jobs will follow. So with Hamara if you can give them > both i > > think it will create a good talent pool . > > > Yeah, agreed. > > Being involved in the IT industry in India for quite a few years now led > me to a similar conclusion. We > see so many young people with lofty aspirations but with few willing to > guide them and share knowledge. > > I have seen first hand a quite protectionist attitude from senior IT > people when dealing with juniors. > > You will see that we are touching a number of subjects with the hamara > project - reaching youth at the school > stage is one of our priorities - I think that's where the training > should start. > > My ten year old successfully built his own PC and installed hamara on it > recently. He is now coding web pages in html. > > There is no age, race, gender or any other barrier in hamara! > > I concur that Industry needs skilled man power but also that people need > control over their technology and so spreading > the knowledge far and wide is very important to us. > > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
