hi, the second meet of ilugcbe took place on the 13th. Turnout was a little low - only about 50 people, but this was due to the fact that Amrita University is in a very remote location, so many people could not make it. The meeting was lively, and there was a very interesting discussion as the Amrita faculty were describing how they are trying to replicate an open source environment within the local LAN for students to get used to collaborative working. The key problem they face is: if students collaborate, how does one give grades/marks to individual students? Other problems are things like blocked IRC and the reluctance of the sysadmins to permit students to recompile the kernel of their systems. There was also a moonlit meeting with students and faculty in the children's park. If all goes well we will be conducting a conference some time next year ... -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com
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