On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Thiagaraja Pillai <[email protected]>wrote:
> MicroSoft started their pinch on TN Schools, > The Questions …. > If the schools does not have valid license, Assume the following scenario > 1) Having 40 computers , but licensed only for 15 computers > 2) Bought the license long back, but not renewed or updated > 3) No license sofor, Also decided Not To Use MS products here after > > #) Is it necessary to get license for the "Already Used MS" products ? > #) What are the legal implications ? Warning from MS ? or Heavy Penalty ? > #) Is it comes under Cyber Crime ? Can the Local Police register a FIR ? > #) Is it possible to get a Stay Order from Court ? > > The Situation ……. > > The "Regional Partners" and the "MS Inside Sales Executive" call the > schools, one by one, and forcing them to buy MS license for OS and Office > applications, a Minimum of Rs. 6 lakhs. > Already the schools are not giving sufficient Salary for the Staff, if this > expenses are added , then the situation will be pathetic. > > If i am correct, as per TN Govt School Syllabus, the schools should have MS > Win XP [ or Win 7 ] home edition license for 10 computers along with MS > office Home/ Student Edition. approximately 1 lakh, > > where as many schools have more than 40 computers , so the budget is around > 4 lakhs. > > When one school member replied as "Here after, we will not use MS products, > so you will not trouble us ?" then MS man replied "This is for the already > used software "?!!!" he added " How will you teach without MS products > ?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". > > As per the current TN Syllabus , for 10th Std, There is no computer > science. > for 12th Std( only for Computer Sc. Group,) StarOffice and C++ required. > [ Turbo C is needed, "gcc" is not practiced / not understood / not accepted > ] > In 11th Std, Computer Sc. Group , Windows XP is needed. > > > What is the Solution ? > # Format Everything 3 times and Go for any GNU/Linux [ i prefer Mint ] > # Use any "Turbo C" like complier / or train in gcc > # TN Govt should change the syllabus suitable for Open Source. > > OR ANY OTHER SOLUTION ? > > If you can help in organizing for a meeting with few School management authorities, I can help in solving the problem to the maximum extent. S. Baskar _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
