> c. Are the students going to be dependent on these proprietary packages and > become handicapped in their future career by only learning about these > packages and no idea of any alternatives possible? > => Yes. > d. Do these companies gain unfair advantage in the market by these practices? > => Yes. > e. Whether Autodesk and MS are being forced down the throat of the students > (or future market)? > => Yes.
Thanks to Triveni for reiterating the basic objectives of the thread. IMHO, this is true. We need a top to down approach. Probably we must approach Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and IT people like Mr. Mohan Tambe (Innomedia Technologies, the man behind C-DAC GIST), Mr. N. Vitthal or anyone whose voice is heard by Kapil Sibal and AICTE. Can we include Baba Ramdev also? AICTE chairman should be approached immediately. People seem very afraid with Rahul Gandhi as he is friend of Bill Gates. Indian FOSS needs a Roosevelt. Now. Mohit Singh -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
