[Ilugc] Fwd: Proprietary Tender by NIC for SC
- From: immiraja@xxxxxxxxx (Immanuel)
- Date: Fri Sep 25 15:15:03 2009
steve wrote:
On 09/25/2009 02:36 PM, Roshan Mathews wrote:
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Mohan Sundaram<mohan.tux@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Ha ha ha. Such nincompoops. Tech guys cannot have a say on
specification. So much for their belief in themselves. Shame on NIC. I
wish our Govt appoints a CTO inclined towards FOSS for ICT like the US
has.
If the users want Macs then that's what they should get, what has the
tech team got to do with this?
ehe, it ideally should be the tech team's responsibility to decide
what would work best for the user. Just because 'User' wants that new
shiny malware rich flash based resource hogging widget, a good
sysadmin does not let him have it. Same argument applies here.
cheers,
- steve
I agree with you Roshan. Tech guys can recommend and convince the end
users (business users.) It is the business users who are paying for
services / product. What they ultimately ask for goes in the tender /
RFP / PO.
I have seen this notion among many in LUGs around the world. They want
every one to use FOSS and yet forget the first guiding principal of
Open-source -- FREEDOM. The business user has the FREEDOM to choose.
IT dept is only a support department in any organization or govt. IT
dept don't have any REVENUE model. When you don;t have a revenue model
you are at the most only an advisory dept.
The question is not on the WHY on the tender you have proprietary stuff.
It is if NIC guys have done enough to promote open-source. Our govt on
one hand talks of going open-source way and on the other hand pay
license taxes... The policy makers have to set the policy straight and
ensure compliance. Then the business users are bound to limit their
purchases within the policy items. Our govt wants to accommodate every
one (remember -- Bill gates has thrown the bread crumb in the form of
AIDS support.) So how do you expect guys sitting at NIC to only propose
FOSS solution always.
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