{"id":1342,"date":"2006-01-10T00:57:11","date_gmt":"2006-01-09T22:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/2006\/01\/pushing-kde-india\/"},"modified":"2006-01-10T00:57:11","modified_gmt":"2006-01-09T22:57:11","slug":"pushing-kde-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/2006\/01\/pushing-kde-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing KDE India."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.kde.org\" title=\"Kenneth' t-shirt design for KDE India.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vizzzion.org\/images\/blog\/indian-flag.png\" alt=\"Kenneth' t-shirt design for KDE India.\" title=\"Kenneth' t-shirt design for KDE India.\" align=\"right\" class=\"showonplanet\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tThe newest regional group of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kde.org\">KDE<\/a> is also one with an<br \/>\nenormous potential, <a href=\"http:\/\/in.kde.org\">KDE India<\/a>. Judging from the number of potential<br \/>\nusers, KDE India&#8217;s importance for the future of KDE just cannot be overstated.<br \/>\n\t\tBut also in terms of more strategic issues, there&#8217;s a lot KDE India can contribute: think<br \/>\nexperience with eastern cultures, think merchandising, think issues in giant (geographically,<br \/>\nculturally) countries. KDE India can make KDE so much richer, especially regarding the lack of<br \/>\ncoverage of KDE in eastern countries.<br \/>\n\t\tBut not everything is easy, for example, a logo such as the one designed by Kenneth can mean<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mha.nic.in\/nationalflag2002.htm\">a legal challenge<\/a>. Apparently, rules for using<br \/>\nofficial symbols in India are quite strict, using something strongly resembling the <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Flag_of_India.svg\">Indian national flag<\/a> can make you a<br \/>\ncriminal. Probably a good exercise for opening your mind and training intercultural communication<br \/>\nskills.<br \/>\n\t\tBut then, it&#8217;s really refreshing to see an enthousiastic group of KDE people on the other<br \/>\nside of the world, both culturally and geographically working on getting KDE India off the ground<br \/>\nthere.\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest regional group of KDE is also one with an enormous potential, KDE India. Judging from the number of potential users, KDE India&#8217;s importance for the future of KDE just cannot be overstated. But also in terms of more strategic issues, there&#8217;s a lot KDE India can contribute: think experience with eastern cultures, think&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/2006\/01\/pushing-kde-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pushing KDE India.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}