case of the disappearing state-of-the art online portal, deccanherald.com
Daeron
.. On the Bangalore One Portal, the ambitious citizen portal initiative
launched jointly by Chief Minister S M Krishna and Microsoft Chairman
Bill Gates last November, Mr Misra said the project had not taken off
due to continuous technological advances.
“Whenever we decide on a technology, the next day we hear about another
technology which is much better.”
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http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/oct21/i1.asp
Blackout in boom town Bangalore
anon Sep 09 2003 BANGALORE:
From Bill Gates to Tony Blair, most of India's celebrity visitors make a
stop at the country's high-technology crown, the once-sleepy garden city
of Bangalore.
During those visits, the government of southern Karnataka state
regulates traffic and keeps the power running in its capital city.
Bangalore runs smoothly enough to win more investment and jobs.
But when the guests are gone, Bangalore's highly skilled workers
navigate potholed roads and idle through hours of traffic to reach homes
that lack enough water to cook and bathe.
When power goes out, evenings pass with no computers or even fans to
drive off mosquitoes ..
.. "It's embarrassing when there are four power cuts during an hour of
discussion with clients," says Azim Premji, Wipro's head and India's
richest man ..
.. As for electricity reliability, Kulkarni says: "Power problems affect
the common people.
"Technology companies make their own arrangements, so their business is
not affected."
.. 300 journalists were accredited, but officials provided only four
computers. On the day French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin was the
chief guest, internet facilities at the media centre failed ..
.. leading to questions about whether Bangalore can justify its claims
to be the "Silicon Valley of India".
"From the infrastructure viewpoint -- you can't," Baindur says.
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http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7182851%5e24170%5e%5enbv%5e24169-24169,00.html
Karnataka, Microsoft sign MoU on portal
anon Nov 13 2002
Government of Karnataka and Microsoft Corp signed a memorandum of
understanding for 'Bangalore One', a state-of-the art online portal project.
The MoU, initialled at the software major Infosys campus, was announced
by Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna and Microsoft Corporation
chairman Bill Gates.
Gates said Karnataka was playing a leadership role in many ways, not
only in "great colossal work" in software but also steps taken under the
guidance of Krishna to make technology an effective tool for citizens.
Gates also said he and Krishna talked about extending to 1,000 schools
the "Smart School Project", under which Karnataka would be assisted by
Microsoft in setting up the project in five divisions over the next
three years
For the 'Bangalore One' project, Microsoft would act as a technology
provider and consultant to Karnataka government and help the state IT
and biotechnology department to take advantage of the latest
e-governance framework based on Microsoft.Net technology ...
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http://www.rediff.com/money/2002/nov/13gates.htm