Review 1

Hi !

I am happy that this project has generated quite a bit of excitement, among young and old, in less than 10 days.
We have some new volunteers:

• Dhiraj Tiwari
• Rakesh Kumar

Thanks! More help is always welcome. We will need more soon.

At this point, I want to reiterate a few points so that we do not have confusion. Please read carefully.

Our goal is not just to move to "an office computing environment largely run on open-source solutions" but also standardised solutions.
That means we should all use the same set of solutions across the company, minimising risk.

As Richa can testify, we currently have a zoo of solutions. "We will have to manage the change carefully across the company with minimal disruption and maximum continuity."
I had said, "we will select some specific areas and move - as a group - to the identified software. First, each area's software will be selected, and tested by the volunteers in parallel with other software." "We will announce a close-down of the current applications as we go. "
There is no need to jump the gun. There will be risks/ issues, let's not add to this.
Hence, from now on, except for the required install/ removals, and volunteers who are asked to test specific software, please DO NOT install/remove any other software. For any exceptions where you need to install some software, please contact Richa.

Our immediate plan is to establish a software baseline, which Richa is conducting. We are running behind schedule on this. Most of you have sent the relevant information over; there are a few laggards. Please catch up by end of day TODAY, when Richa will publish her list of laggards.

We had said "we need to be sure we are all moving forward - in lock-step, as a group." So far, we have made two moves - browser and zip.
By end of the week, please ensure that you have installed approved applications (IE, Firefox and Jzip)...
and removed all non-approved solutions in this area (e.g. Opera, Safari, Winzip, 7-zip etc.).
Check the list you have sent to Richa. Identify the offending software. (Use Add/Remove Progam from the Windows Control Panel to remove the other software).

Once we are comfortable that we have a good process for managing change, we will take the next step towards our first major stop ( common personal computing: email, documents and media.). We will have an approach of "No IBEXIAN left behind": if there are people missing at any step, we will halt till they are on-board. I hope there will be nobody missing on the first step, and we will go ahead quickly with the next step: email.

So, ready for the swoop?

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Regards,
Surajit Basu

www.ibexi.com
Reflecting on the future

"Be the change you want to see"
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi