Re: Open Source Software in Mauritius

From: Ish Sookun <ish_at_hacklog.in>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 22:50:36 +0400

Hello SM,

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:49 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:

>
> I understand that this mailing list is not about Open Source Software.
> The following three persons are on the ICT Advisory Council:
>
> Avinash Meetoo
> Ish Sookun
> Loganaden Velvindron
>
> The three persons are also Executives of the Linux User Group Meta. This
> puts the Linux User Group Meta in an enviable position to promote Open
> Source Software in Mauritius. According to Olivier Alais, there is a
> National Open Source Policy, Strategy and Action Plan for Mauritius. I did
> a search and I could not find any document about the Open Source Policy.
>
> What is the use of having three Executives on the Council?
>
>
​Let us see from what you've written above. You mentioned "according to
Olivier Alais..."

You do realize that although there is a Linux User Group of Mauritius,
although there is a BSD Deve​loper who contributes code to several
worldwide open source projects, although several Mauritians are employed by
foreign companies to work on open source software, our Government still
hired two "foreigners" to draft a policy for Mauritians.

Do you find this fair? I do not. I strongly push forward the "open" ideas
but my voice is not enough.

Regards,

-- 
​Ish Sookun
- Geek by birth, Linux by choice.
- I blog at HACKLOG.in.
https://twitter.com/IshSookun ^^ Do you tweet?

Received on Thu May 21 2015 - 18:51:00 PST