Yes, true and agree. We want to change anything we have to go school level, It is my experience. I do have plan for that. And we are working on it since last few months for some schools. It is ground level work, Once student will habituate with Open Source they never go for Patent Software.
If any one who are inserted in this ground level work which require lots of patience, hardwork with visions, positive attitude towards Bharat without any expectation. No room for politics or power. Let me know. -Kalpana's Vandeamataram "We must create a history of India in living terms. Up to the present that history, as written by the English, practically begins with Warren Hastings, and crams in certain unavoidable preliminaries, which cover a few thousands of years...The history of India has yet to be written for the first time. It has to be humanized, emotionalized, made the trumpet-voice and evangel of the race that inhabit India." - Sister Nivedita [email protected], 09911416100 On Oct 17, 2:37 pm, tirveni yadav <[email protected]> wrote: > Last I checked, this thread was "AICTE signing agreement to make students > slaves > of Auto Desk, Microsoft". Not about comparison between proprietary software > and > software. Or whether some FLOSS alternative for a particular software exists. > > If someone thinks that Games or Designing software available are not good > enough, then please go ahead and start a project to do exactly that but don't > expect the educational institutes to make a software choice based on your > prejudice for a piece of proprietary software. > > Hope you have fun developing the alternatives. > > According to ET: Autodesk and Microsoft have become partner to deliver free > access to development software and design software for institutions, students > and faculty in the country. > > The issues being discussed here are: > a. Are students going to learn about software development/design software? Are > students going to learn about only the proprietary packages of the companies? > > b. Do the students have any freedom to make changes to theses packages if they > wish they want a better program to use? > > 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? > > d. Do these companies gain unfair advantage in the market by these practices? > > e. Whether Autodesk and MS are being forced down the throat of the students > (or future market)? > > In my opinion, answer to these questions are: > a. Are students going to learn about software development/design software? > => No. > Are students going to learn about only the proprietary packages of > the companies? > => Yes. > b. Do the students have any freedom to make changes to these packages if they > wish they want a better program to use? > => No. > 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. > > -- > Regards, > > Tirveni Yadav > > What is this Universe ? From what it arises ? Into what does it go? > In freedom it arises, In freedom it rests and into freedom it melts away. > Upanishads. -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
