Hi,

--- On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:23 PM, sumit kumar<[email protected]> wrote:
| what i  meant if you read my previous mail
| when i said "as people are more used to GUI so we can teach them to
| use new solutions which are more graphic friendly.that is how  they
| will get attracted. because it seems so vague y anyone (a newbie)
| would like to use something which initially seems so complicated(
| referring to CUI)."
\--

If the workshops are for the general public, I will agree with the
above. But, not for college *students*, that too *engineering*.

---
| because i don't know if it hits you or not
| but despite being a safer and secure alternative and a market leader
| in web servers LINUX PC penetration is not very significant
\--

Just because you discover Helium today doesn't mean it is new to
everyone. You are new to it :)

GNU, Free Software has been used for decades. Don't assume that it
doesn't exist or is not used everywhere. I shall ignore the above for
your ignorance.

---
| now here lies the problem a USER can post the query or can find a
| solution all by themselves for there is  plenty and  plenty of  help
| and support out there on Internet.and they are there as they were then
| in 90's during the genesis of LINUX.
| workshop are for people who are
| either not sure how ot START  using it or  either reluctant for  some
| or the other reason.
\--

... and mailing lists supplement the workshop activities for those who
couldn't make it for the workshop. They are not mutually exclusive.

SK

-- 
Shakthi Kannan
http://www.shakthimaan.com

--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
Do you have another question? Click here - 
http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug/post
l...@iitd community mailing list -- http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Reply via email to