On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Raman.P <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Tue, 2/10/12, Arun Venkataswamy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [Personal Opinion] > > Unfortunate that such a large college wants free beer. In > > the spirit of > > "increasing employment opportunity" I think they should > > choose a commercial > > provider who is making money with/through open source > > products and > > services. > > This is not free beer. The trainers will be paid by the college. >
This was never mentioned anywhere in the thread. As a person who was following the thread, I assumed the entire circus was about someone wanting to do this at a cost (to make his living) vs. a bunch of people who wanted to do this free. > Many colleges had bad experience with many commercial entities. > This is so sad. We need better commercial entities who are involved with FOSS then. If I were a decision maker, I would choose a commercial entity because: - I have commercial/legal binding on the delivery of training - Can question quality of training - Can demand what I want and not accept what is being offered. - Plan my courses and classes based on my time, and not based on the trainer's full time employer's. > This professor has some keen interest in promoting FOSS. Almost all the CS > students are already trained in basic Linux. He also made his students to > contribute to spoken tutorials project. > He has offered us place and facilities for any event that ILUGC will be > hosting including monthly meetings. > > This is great. We need more professors like this. > I am afraid by needless discussions we have reduced our standings in his > view. > > I agree my comment on free beer was not warranted, but as mentioned earlier, the fact that money was involved for trainers was never mentioned anywhere. @Raman, my post was not directed against any one. I am awed by the efforts put in by you and a few others in promoting FOSS. Specifically people like you who have put in years. I still remember meeting you over a decade ago in one of the ILUGC meetings at IIT. When money is involved, it is better to be clear and transparent. Regards, Arun _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
