On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Vatsala Dorairajan <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 18-06-2010 17:54, Victor Johnson wrote: >> >> I have to think on selling my house, >> if my son wants those software - >> > > Sir, Let me assure you that your house is absolutely not at risk because > a PDF file mentions these. Colleges themselves make sure they have a 'few' > software - to ensure their inspection from their certifying authority goes > on well. One fine day I walked into my computer lab in my college to find > "Visual Tools Lab" and "Operating Systems Lab" boards setup on top of a row > of 8 computers per board. > And there was one Red Hat Machine setup which was > called Linux Server which students were not allowed to touch as touch would > disrupt the telnet connections from other machines in the lab would get >'disconnected'. That the LAN cable was in a bad shape dint matter. > And I am also sure that a lot of staff members will be wondering > how to handle this "situation" - they will consider asking their friends >(staff in neighbouring colleges) to loan some programs for the trainee >typists(i.e lab students) to practice. > > Couldn't help this rant. going by usual standards in the college i have seen, > this >lab syllabus looks pretty ambitious and I pray that this does not become >another >joke in the name of labwork as is usually the case. >> >> Visual Paradigm, Visual case, and Rational Suite >> Turbo C >> Visual C++ with OPENGL >> Any 3D animation software like 3DSMAX, Maya >> VC++,C# and .NET >> >>
this is one many of us might have noticed in the engg schools (especially during AITCE inspection or ISO/NBA auditing etc), new boards setup in front of the computer labs as mentioned above. It's all for that day and everything would disappear in the next day. I wonder why engg school mgmt's not showing much interest in open source tools/free software but like to keep an inventory of commercial/prop software installed and show it to the auditing commitees? I think having FOSS lab in the curriculum is a good initiative but students and faculty members of all engg schools should take this further to other semesters/courses and areas. All the efforts on this front would be much appreciated. If any of the faculty members following this list/seeing this email thread, kindly requesting to get rid of using standard programs for using lab exercises and come out with individual assignments for students. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
