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==Complacency== | |||
Big IT boom in India gives people jobs easily; and when you do a cosy job, you lose | |||
half of the motivation. It is a case of innovation being killed due to complacency. | |||
==Social Setup== | |||
As a society, there is a lot of pressure on people to be successful immediately; and success here means making money. This means that if one were to tread the road not taken, one has to withstand the pressure from friends, family, relatives blah | |||
blah blah. What adds to this is the lack of knowledge about FOSS and such things among the common folks (read one's parents, relatives etc). | |||
The whole atmosphere around is counterproductive to innovation and risk taking. Those who fail are not looked upon well by the Indian society. What matters to the society in India is success; the means does not matter. | |||
We also are not trained to think in a creative manner. Succumbing to authority comes more natural to Indians rather than being free and think freely. Of course there are exceptions, but in general as a rule. | |||
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Develop a "Good User" culture. | Develop a "Good User" culture. | ||
(a) A good user reacts to all glitches by filing a "Good Bug Report" --- (need a link here on how to write good bug reports). | (a) A good user reacts to all glitches by filing a "Good Bug Report" --- (need a link here on how to write good bug reports). | ||
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Even with all these challenges we have some [[contributors]] which we can be proud of. | Even with all these challenges we have some [[contributors]] which we can be proud of. | ||
==Links to mailing list topics== | |||
* [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/14878 ilug-goa] | |||