List Charter

[Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not for me to judge either side of the "discussions", but I *do* take the
liberty of judging the "Linux in India" relevance of *all* the messages
over the past couple of months, which has been 0%.

Let's end this once and for all, and give this list some meaning.

It is entirely possible that people would assume "Linux India General" to
be discussing Linux in India - I wonder why?

Whatever the reason may be - *that* would be the primary charter of the
list.

Some sample relevant topics (let's see how many people have something to
contribute to topics like *these*):

- Changing the mindset: How to make people look beyond just installation.

- Microsoft's new strategy: Targetting state governments - how can Linux
counter that.

- Unifying and accelerating the growth of Linux efforts in India

- Linux in Indian education: are we doing anything to help?

- Linux not ready for the desktop????

etc.

Most important of all - it was pretty evident from the threads we have
been seeing over the past couple of months that the discussions were more
about "being right" than "coming to a satisfactory conclusion". Such an
approach will just split things into fragmented ideology camps, and Linux
will lose because of it. 

The second charter of the list should be "achieving results", not "being
right".

I could go on, but I guess you get the drift.

Anyone else who has anything to contribute to the charter of this list?

Even better - anyone who would like to start a meaningful (and relevant
discussion here?

Atul