On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Senthil Nathan <[email protected]> wrote:
> TN Government must try to install both windows and Linux so that students > can decide whichever best suites them. If there are budget constraints then > they must drop Windows in favor of Linux. It's already a done deal. They are preloading BOSS linux with Windows. http://bosslinux.in/BOSS-In-TamilNadu The question is, with such a large scale purchase of Windows licences on Tax payer money, who is getting kickbacks and laughing all the way to the bank? > Laptop without WiFi is a stupid idea. Forget WiFi, they will not get even a wired internet connection and since most students can't afford a subscription on their own, there's no way to pull anti-virus updates (If I am not mistaken, a 1 year AV subscription is part of the deal). Students will most likely share flash drives and get an uninhibited supply of malware. So yeah, stupid terrible idea! Regards, Kumaraguru _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
