[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu LoCo participation in People's HealthAssembly

[frans]

On 11/05/24 14:42 PM, ubuntupunk at gmail.com wrote:
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> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com 
> <mailto:cairnsww at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Hi David,
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>     Thanks for this interesting post. My reaction was that the solutions
>     being offered are probably very relevant, but has there been a proper
>     architectural analysis of the whole problem? I have no doubt that FOSS
>     can provide valuable solutions where it is needed, but throwing any
>     technology at a problem is not going to solve anything unless the
>     problem is properly understood and a comprehensive design of the whole
>     technology required has been done.
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>     This is an old man speaking who has been there and done that:
>     solutions that are introduced from the bottom up can lead to long term
>     chaos and the requirement to start again. If there is time to do it,
>     there is time to do it right.
>
>     Bill
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> Hi Bill,
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> I think the short answer, is no, there has been nothing done in terms 
> of analysis of the architecture and special needs of the conference.
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> I am not even sure if there is a budget or what type of funding there 
> will be, but am hoping that the organisers will realise the advantage 
> of creating local capacity and solutions to the problems at hand, as 
> we analyse the needs.
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> Thus far, I am simply at the coal-face of the problem. Simply agreeing 
> on where a forum would be hosted for example, so that we can all chat 
> about the problem, is one of the more interesting hassles.
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> However I think the benefits of doing this right for our country, far 
> outweigh the consequences of doing it wrong.
>
> -D
I think it would be a great idea to get the Local FOSS community 
involved in this, especially if this could be build around free and open 
source programs. If this can be done right it would mean a lot for the 
whole community.

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