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Fwd: [lugj] NIC India == .Net Implementation Center : Fight > Back (nmudgal) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:33:31 -0700 (PDT) > From: Rajesh Ranjan <rajeshka...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [PLUG] FUEL Newsletter Y2011Q1 # / issue 1 > To: plug mail <plug-mail@plug.org.in> > Message-ID: <555548.55573...@web121703.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > > > > > > > > Content - Collaboration - Consistency > > Y2011Q1 # / issue 1 > > > > > More than > two years on! 11 languages? are with FUEL. Till now, FUEL had > already organised 8 languages workshops > for evaluating terminology. Released the beta of? > 'Computer Translation Style and Convention Guide for Hindi.' A lot more to > do. Initiated by Red Hat, the project got > supports and contributions from several languages communities and > various organizations like CDAC GIST, Indlinux, Sarai, CDAC > Chennai, Acharya Nagarjuna University, A. N. Sinha Institute of Socail > Studies, Maithili Academy, Gujarati Lexicon, Infineon Infotech, > NRCFOSS, SICSR, Gnunify, Sahit Academy, PLUG, SMC, to name a few.? > > > > > > > FUEL Welcomes Urdu, which is not > merely a 'Jaban' but one 'Mukkamal Tahjib' > as well. > > > > > The Urdu Community involved in the localization of Urdu has decided to > go with FUEL. For more details about Urdu @ FUEL please visit FUEL Urdu > page. > > > > > > > > > Tukaram > Says* > > > > Words are the only jewels I possess, > > Words are the only clothes I wear, > > Words are the only food that sustains > my life, > > Words are the only wealth I > distribute among people. > > ???????????? > > > > > > > ? ? > > ? ? ? ????? *Translated by Dilip > Chitre > > > > > Contribute to FUEL: > > > We are continuously putting efforts to create > linguistics resources required for the localization. We need more and > more languages to join this effort and so your help is needed: > > > ? Add you language to FUEL - FUEL is very eager > to help all type of > language irrespective of their market potential to conduct workshop and > meet to create and evaluate FUEL list. So please join our > effort and make the first strong step towards creating a standardised > language desktop. > > > ? Cross platform Database - Different > translation tools on different > platforms have different ways of dealing with data provided to them. So > need is to create one database that can be used by major > available tools. > > > ? In open content field and particularly for > Indian Languages there are lack of Style Guide. So we are now moving in > that direction as well to help community to create style guide as well. > So please come forward and create one style guide for your language. > > > > > LATEST > > > > > Of late, FUEL project has > organised > Malayalam and Punjabi language workshop in > Kerala and Punjab respectively. Thanks to Punjabi and Malayalam > Community for organising workshops. FUEL thanks > to Swathantra Malayalam Computing > and Satluj Open Source Project. In this year itself, FUEL released the > beta of Computer > Translation > Style > and Convention Guide for Hindi. In Oct 2010, we > have conducted FUEL Meet for Telugu successfully at Nagarjuana > University. > > > > > FUEL: Use > > > Our aim is to ensure the use of FUEL > terminologies and for this, we are working hard. Though we feel that > already localised language have little difficulty in implementing the > list in one go due to lot of rework, so there we are trying to push the > change in phase wise. For > this, we are contacting localizers and organizations involved. By > default for > some languages, FUEL is the primary glossary in Pootle and so being > used where Pootle works. For example, Libreoffice translation. > > > Virtaal > is a graphical translation tool. It is meant to be easy to use and > powerful at the same time. The Virtaal is using FUEL terminology for > Indian languages. Thanks to the Virtaal Guys for creating such a good > translation tool. > > > > > > Future > Plans: > > > > We are working to have more workshops for few languages in near future. > Chhatisgadi and Kannada communities are working on the plan. We are in > the process to > arrange one meet for reviewing Hindi Style Guide as well.Languages are > archive of our culture and it would be better if we can start making > our language digitally strong enough. Particularly, open source lack > much in terms of terminology management and we would be happy if we can > get contribution towards where use of the FUEL can be increased. So > please come forward to create something so...! > > > > FUEL @ Press > > ? Move to standardise Malayalam terms in computer programs > > ? FUEL Punjabi Meet > > ? FUEL: > An initiative in language standardization via collaboration > > ? Going regional > > > FUEL @ Blogs > > ? A > look > into > FUEL > > ? Frequently Used Entries for Localization > (FUEL) > > ? ????? ??? ?? ???? ??? ?? ???? '????? ?????? ?????? > ?????? ????' > > ? ??????????? > ?????? > ?????? > ?????? > > ? FUEL Gujarati Workshop collaborated with Red Hat > > > ??? > For > more > press > coverage > and > blogs > please > visit > News & Views > > > > > > ?????????? > > > > > > > > > > ? FUEL Project > > Email:? fuel-disc...@lists.fedorahosted.org > > irc @ Freenode: #fuel-discuss > > FUEL @ Facebook > and Twitter > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:51:23 +0530 > From: nmudgal <techno.x...@gmail.com> > Subject: [PLUG] Fwd: [lugj] NIC India == .Net Implementation Center : > Fight Back > To: "Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List" <plug-mail@plug.org.in>, > ilug-...@googlegroups.com > Message-ID: <banlktikxvrdtv38vhdm9b5stb8xztm7...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: vikash singh <vikashsingh...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:56 PM > Subject: [lugj] NIC India == .Net Implementation Center : Fight Back > To: l...@googlegroups.com > > > It seems the proverb "*Elephant's Chewing Teeth are different from > Exhibiting Teeth*" rightly matches as the situation of NIC > > It seems *NIC is actually .Net Implementation Center.* All the NIC sites > are > made in .net > (except our national site i.e. india.gov.in and few of its sub sites which > I > am really proud of as they have followed Web Standards) > > I just came across .net based Ministry of Rural Development Portal > http://ruraldiksha.nic.in/main.aspx that is supposed to provide DIKSHA to > rural areas (through PAID RESTRICTED SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT) > > So one thing for sure that either there are no hard and fast standard > defined for what platform to use (or may be not followed even when defined) > > What can be the reason: > *1. There is unawareness about FOSS > 2. The Tender System where the tender document os not specific and strict > on > selection of FOSS > 3. FOSS communities do not care about such tenders and let it go to > proprietary supporters > * > Now the point is why is popularity of such proprietary tools increased when > FOSS alternatives exist: > > 1. Proprietary Companies see to it that they reach every organization for > demonstration and also provide evaluation packages to them. Some also > provide those software for free. > > 2. On other hand FOSS supporters, crib that they are doing some sort of Non > Profit work and they cant go at that extent to conduct such FREE Demos for > FREE Software > > 3. When the proprietary companies get the project and some (small civilian) > Foss supporter report it to FOSS community, *he/she is humiliated and told > that it is a way of business* and we cannot do anything about it due to > lack > of alternatives (even when there are many) > > 4. This means that FOSS Community is just for playing Mail-Mail game OR > part-time mailing list fun. > > 5. Due to this attitude, people crib saying that FOSS community doesn't > provide morale support, and proprietary companies even when they charge > provide support > > > *FOSS communities of India should standup and work together !! We at Delhi > Going to organize a peaceful protest against "Software Corruption" * > * > Software Corruption Or Software Ghotala is a name given to process where a > Government do not choose Must better Free Software/Open-Source Software and > waste tax payer's money for purchasing some proprietary software again and > again.* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "lug-jaipur" group. > To post to this group, send email to l...@googlegroups.com > > > > -- > Nitin Mudgal > Open the source > http://nitiniamme.wordpress.com > > > ------------------------------ > > __________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing > > End of plug-mail Digest, Vol 62, Issue 6 > **************************************** > In what world are you living dude?
The root cause is not aggressive marketing but kickbacks. How is FOSS supposed to give kickbacks? Koustubh Sinkar _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
