1. http://www.swecha.org/content/petition-cancel-proprietary-tender-nic
Following are the few points which are of concern to the people regarding the tender issued by NIC-
- This is not a single vendor situation, then why is it the tender is issued with a single vendor?
- The Court must set a proper precedent and not allow such unfair tendering practice.
- The stated software Windows XP -- doesn't comply to the open standards, which has been the favored policy of the Government of India till date.
- Products from proprietary suppliers provide vendor lock-in, as their data and files can be read only by their software.
- Increasingly Government organizations and others are turning to Free and Open Source Software (http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/faq.htm), why is this old line of endorsing proprietary software starting again?
- Institutions like National Informatics Centre under the Ministry of Information and Technology have to ensure the adoption of software that complies with open standards.
