On Sun, 2002-06-30 at 11:06, Trevor Warren wrote: > Along with Dr.Nagarjun i have been trying to figure > out a way to get the young minds around us very > interested in GNU/Free Software and involved with it > from a very young age.
Posting a transcript of the chat that Trevor and I had about the same topic: trevorwarren: check it na asap sameerds: yeah sameerds: my email account hasn't received it yet! checking it on the archive webpage sameerds: it just came in ... sameerds: let me think over it and reply to the group, what say? i have a lot to say about this ... ;-) trevorwarren: k trevorwarren: pal trevorwarren: 1 appeal to make trevorwarren: letz take this 1 seriously.............. sameerds: ok ... let's put it this way ... sameerds: KReSIT has access to students as well as ample computing resources to throw at the project sameerds: but the people here are clueless about GNU, opensource, and things like that trevorwarren: so that students from all over the country can understand that GNU is abt sharing ...helping pple leard & not re-niventing the wheel trevorwarren: (17:21:05) sameerds: but the people here are clueless about GNU, opensource, and things like that...............lol trevorwarren: thatz very natural pal sameerds: so let me talk to our sysad, who is very interested in all this, and maybe you people can figure out a way to use all these resources trevorwarren: but we have made a start.........so letz pick up and continue trevorwarren: (17:21:57) sameerds: so let me talk to our sysad, who is very interested in all this, and maybe you people can figure out a way to use all these resources...........with ur help too pal. sameerds: i have learned it a hard way that setting up mailing lists, websites etc is absolutely wasted effort ... trevorwarren: lol trevorwarren: rofl trevorwarren: like to shed some light on it.......? sameerds: the misdirect the effort put in ... these things should be put up when they are needed, not at the start sameerds: shed some light? look at db.ilug-bom.org.in ... how many people contribute? sameerds: how many people have original articles on ilug-bom.org.in? sameerds: where is the debian custom distro? sameerds: what's happening at LIFE? trevorwarren: yep trevorwarren: dude........lets then learn from our mistakes nd continue trevorwarren: we hav to forge ahead right........... sameerds: a website / mailing list should come up when people develop a painful need for such a resource trevorwarren: cause...i have lotz of studets asking me for projectz sameerds: when they are too many people already contributing and there is need for co-ordination trevorwarren: (17:25:09) sameerds: a website / mailing list should come up when people develop a painful need for such a resour....................i aldready hav pple who need it......;) trevorwarren: (17:25:32) sameerds: when they are too many people already contributing and there is need for co-ordination.............iget the point pal trevorwarren: btom 2-3 studentz r comin over for projectz to Zenith sameerds: cool trevorwarren: i am gonna put them on track........nd their 1st assignment of the "Linux Boot CD project" FOr the Lug trevorwarren: then............i hav more students........whom we put on researchin for the Engineering distro CD sameerds: the indianisation projects need help too sameerds: can we get a proper list of BE project definitions from those guys trevorwarren: k..thatz why dude i am askin u to push thingz frmo ur end too.....Nag will support us. But he aint havin no time .............so letz put int he hard work. Nd only look @ him for guidance sameerds: we can hand them out to deserving students trevorwarren: (17:27:25) sameerds: can we get a proper list of BE project definitions from those guys...................k trevorwarren: (17:27:11) sameerds: the indianisation projects need help too.........u betcha sameerds: we have around 100+ BE students who have been promised projects in the indianisation effort sameerds: but currently both the HoD and the sysad have their hands full, so maybe we can offer to guide the students sameerds: our sysad was supposed to guide them, so i sent her a mail about the LUG, Indix and other things trevorwarren: (17:28:36) sameerds: we have around 100+ BE students who have been promised projects in the indianisation effort..........................wooooooooow trevorwarren: who did that.........:) sameerds: our HoD did! trevorwarren: wooooooooooooooopsy trevorwarren: (17:29:02) sameerds: but currently both the HoD and the sysad have their hands full, so maybe we can offer to guide the students........................seems to b good idea trevorwarren: (17:29:46) sameerds: our sysad was supposed to guide them, so i sent her a mail about the LUG, Indix and other things................................k sameerds: long story ... Nag, Philip and others were also present at one such meeting about Indianisation that our HoD had organised trevorwarren: k sameerds: let's do one thing, i'll post this conversation itself on the LUG ... sameerds: what say> trevorwarren: (17:31:20) sameerds: let's do one thing, i'll post this conversation itself on the LUG ... (17:33:02) sameerds: what say>..................hmm trevorwarren: as long as it doesnt ruffle ny feathers........nd cause flames.......i dont mind trevorwarren: ;) trevorwarren: wat say.....:-/ sameerds: :-) right -- MTech Student, Reconfigurable Computing Lab, KReSIT, IIT-Bombay. ----------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
