>Baskar has come up with a version of FOSS Lab Server -- as he felt that the >colleges has a need for it.
Yes, we have built our own FOSS Lab server realizing the need for it after a lot of interaction with many technical institutions in Tamilnadu (nearly 300 institutions in the past 6 years) >He had also asked me about NRCFOSS FOSS >electives and I presume he had picked up the info from the relevant web >pages. Again yes, some of the info has been picked up from NRC-FOSS pages. If Mr. Prakash feels for that, then I apologize for using that info. > >Just as there are many linux distros, some of us could come up with >different ways of providing material to colleges. Of course, the perspective >might differ. > Over the period of 8 years, I have collected these software mainly providing for educational purpose and also I have distributed more than few thousands CD/DVDs freely for many academic institutions, whereever I used to go. I download nearly 4GB per day, and now we have about 5TB of FOSS software collections, including the latest release of LInux kernel 2.6.29 and all top distributions listed in www.distrowatch.com Many organizations/institutions/individuals contact us, after visiting the following URL http://www.chennailug.org/wiki/?title=CDs_for_Grab#Pazhavanthangal >the one thing we have in common with him is the understanding that "download >from net" may not be viable option at many places. That's the main reason behind developing our own FOSS Lab Server. > >we are working in the realm of free/open source software. anybody could >build afresh or from existing material. > >from my point of view, the USP of Baskar is that he could reach out to >colleges. In fact, we had briefly discussed about how NRCFOSS could support >his visits. The FOSS Lab Server has been demonstrated to more than 20 colleges as of now in the past 3 months and also received few orders for them. (our FOSS Lab Server is backed with commercial support for 3 years including updates). Since we have been in a transition stage, the discussions were >ongoing and I suggested that he should also meet up with Prof CNK. [the fact >that I was moving off to C-DAC was also a minor factor]. > I had already discussed with Prof. CNK in his office and showed our product to him and explained about the features in it. >we have to seek collaboration, not collision. > We do seek collaboration and not collision. To Mr. Prakash A.S ---------------------------- LinuXpert Systems has been providing FOSS solutions/support for educational institutions since 2003 (even before NRC-FOSS, which was started in 2005) and we have already developed many products for educational needs and now the FOSS Lab Server is one among them. With regards S. Baskar CEO/LinuXpert Systems _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
