[Fsf-india] Re: Value (from FSF-India)

[Tapan S. Parikh]

Good start. But my vision for the final product would be much more feature
rich

    - a separate interface for NGOs to post problems in ways familiar to
them
    - a way for us to go through those problems, give feedback, formalize
and create specs
    - ways for project teams to form around those specs, and start
committing
    - revision control for projects
    - software download page
    - a place for NGOs to give iterative feedback, both during development
and after beta deployment

I realize to a certain extent all of these things could be done through a
mailing list or a forum.  But one must understand that NGOs and staff arent
used to the modes of interactions we use, and how things proceed there.
Putting this kind of stuff up in a way friendly to these kinds of users
could really facilitate the process.

As a case in point, think if we ask  NGO staff to join this mailing list -
how excited would they be about free software after sitting in on the
discussion for a week or two?

--Tapan



> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:25:17 +0530 (IST)
> From: "Rajkumar S." <raj2569@yahoo.com>
> To: FSF India <fsf-india@gnu.org.in>
> Subject: Re: [Fsf-india] Re: Value (from FSF-India)
>
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Tapan S. Parikh wrote:
>
> > One thing I am imagining as I write this is very interesting - how
> > about a sourceforge type platform for rural and development groups
> > to post software problems on?
>
> Their is a web based forum available for us, at forum.gnu.org.in, I am
> not sure if it is ready for public use. We can devote one topic for
> there to discuss various issues of NGOs.
>
> I guess the admins of the forum will will agree to this suggestion.
>
> > I look forward to it, I think it would be a great contribution if
> > we could do that.
>
> Please take a look at the forum and see if that matches what you have
> in mind.
>
> raj
>




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