On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:17:28 +0530 Mohit Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear FOSSouls, > > > It is a matter of great concern for all of us that proliferation > of FOSS is being severely countered by 'AICTE Inspector Raj' in > engineering institutions. We have no evidences as of now - > because we have not involved 'TEHELKA.COM' till now, but the > evidences are the experiences of may heads of institutions. Dear Mohit, No disrespect intended, but I am at a loss at understanding what you are talking about here. From what little I know, AICTE is some kind of a sarkaari regulatory body for education. Where does tehelka.com factor in here? > The AICTE inspectors insist on showing the bills of softwares > licensed/purchased and they reject FOSS as 'Free Ka hai ji - > hence you use'. It is a challenge for all of us to > 'educate/inspire/compel' AICTE and its NBA arm to respect FOSS. Again, what is the context here? Where are these AICTE inspectors coming to? Why exactly should we be worried? > This is not an intention to malign AICTE or any of its practice > anyway. If you are evidence savvy, kindly be present when an AICTE > appointed team visits an engineering college for inspection. They > are always interested in looking at 'LEGAL SOFTWARE' and their > definition of LEGAL is the binary only proprietary EULA given by > 'The Redmond Codelifter' and the like MOST RESPECTFULLY endorsed > by NASSCOM and the ministry of HRD, IT and others. [...] Personally, I am happy to malign AICTE, or any other sarkaari institution, when deserved. These people operate on *our* tax money. It is just not entirely clear to me what you are referring to. Regards, Gora _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
