[smc-discuss] Malayalam Computing session at Kerala Padana Congress

[Jinesh K J]

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On 1/7/11, Jinesh K J <jinesh.k at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi Navneeth,
>
> I hope until santhosh gets time, my reply will suffice.
>
>> 1 - അതില്‍ ഒന്നാമത്തെ പോയന്റില്‍ പറഞ്ഞ, പുതിയ എന്‍കോഡിങ്ങ്
>> സുരക്ഷാപ്രശ്നങ്ങള്‍ ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്നു എന്നത് തികച്ചും ബാലിശമായ ഒരു വാദമായി
>> തോന്നി. താങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് സമയമുള്ളപ്പോള്‍ അതിനെ ഒരു ഉദാഹരണസഹിതം
>> വിശദീകരിക്കാമൊ?
>
> This was explained and debated long before(if my memory is right,
> around 4 years before).
> The posts and discussions linked here[1] should solve the doubts.
>>
>> 2 - സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ വക കുത്തക സോഫ്റ്റ്വെയറിനു ഒരു example തരാമോ?
>> സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ ആവശ്യത്തിനുള്ള പ്രൊഗ്ഗ്രാമ്മുകള്‍ open source
>> ആക്കുന്നതില്‍ എന്താണ് advantage?
> The dictionaries developed by C-DIT for IKM. Many many of the projects
> sponsored by Ministry of IT, HRD and Sciece and Technology of Govt. of
> India in many areas. All are closed. So, finally it just ends up as a
> system available for download, made by our money but we wont even be
> able to fix it(i hope you know how well govt. plan to maintain these
> softwares). If we have a good ocr program available for free download,
> but not able to add to repository of a linux distribution, whats the
> use? Govt. gives specs and people works according to specs. Then some
> years later, the entire work just ends up unusable(this has happened,
> i first hand witnessed trouble of govt. in funding a project twice,
> just because the first one's source was not available with anyone).
>
>>
>> 3 - മൈക്രോസൊഫ്റ്റിന്റെ കാര്‍ത്തിക ഫോണ്ടിനുവേണ്ടി കൊണ്ടുവന്ന
>> നിര്‍ദ്ദേശം എന്നൊക്കെ പറയുമ്പോള്‍ proper citation വേണം എന്നൊരു
>> അഭിപ്രായവുമുണ്ട്.
>>
>
> This happened in a unicode consortium meeting(i dont know whether they
> published the minutes of that meeting). It was Cibu who told us the
> detail. He has access to Google's representative in Unicode
> Consortium, so we didn't find any reason to disbelieve him. Later on
> the question and accusation was raised on unicode indic mailing list,
> in which microsoft UC representative Peter Constable(?) is(was) an
> active member. As far as i remember of those discussions, he didn't
> reply. So, i dont think microsoft said anywhere openly what happened,
> but people who have access to the ones who participated in consortium
> has given the news to community. The discussion should be there on
> smc's archives. Please do search.
>
>> ലേഖനം ഷെയര്‍ ചെയ്തതിനു നന്ദി
>>
>> --
>> Navaneeth
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>
> 1. http://bit.ly/cU64Eb
>
>
> Regards
> Jinesh K J
>