---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Senthil Sundaram (sensunda)" <[email protected]> Date: Mar 11, 2009 9:23pm Subject: [Fsf-friends] FW: [FSUG-Bangalore] CMRIT is moving to GNU-Linux To: Principal Support List of FSF-India <[email protected]>
> 250 installtions gnu-linux installations to happen at > CMRIT . Committed teachers make the difference . > -s > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jaykumar > hs > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:00 PM > To: > fsugbangalore > Subject: [FSUG-Bangalore] CMRIT is moving to > GNU-Linux > Hi, > Today Karthik, Ravishankar and I met Prabhod, a faculty at CMRIT, > Bangalore. We were very happy to learn that the computer science dept. in > the > Institution has moved to GNU-linux platform and also the management has > instructed all of its students ( which includes all the streams) to use > only GNU-linux on their laptops. Infact, all other departments also have > been convinced and are moving to GNU-linux. Prabhod said the management > would be > very happy from this development as it would save lot of money on > licensing. > Earlier, about 3 months back, Suresh kodoor and Rakesh had visited CMRIT > and taken sessions on free software philosophy and installation session. > Prabhod and his HOD informed that installation session of GNU-linux could > be held for about 250 students on their laptops during the technical > fest. Hence, one day session covering free software philosophy, > installation, alternatives available for different streams has been > planned on > 21.03.2009 at CMRIT. This is for about 250 students of II semester of all > the > students. > Other college students may also join for the same. > The HOD has invited us to take one day workshop for their faculty as well > for which planning is being done. > -jk --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
