On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Rony <[email protected]> wrote: > Rahul Rai wrote: >> I agree with venkatesh.. the reason for posting this article from "THE >> HINDU" is that there will be discussion.. and in this election season, we >> must know whom we vote for.. Hw our objectives will be fulfilled and we must >> fight for our rights.. >> >> I agree that these politicians have promised us and nt delivered.. if v >> start to tell v ll nt care fr them than i think we are like them.. LAZY and >> IGNORANT... >> >> guys we must stand up and say "U(Politicians) cnt take us for a ride". >> I second with venky on this >> >> > Everything finally boils down to how the elected representatives who > head the Central and State Governments will react when M/s Moneybags > Inc. promise investment worth millions of $$ into the country or a > particular state for creating jobs and promoting computer literacy. > Shelling out Govt. funds to promote FOSS is another story. > > I was wondering if big corporates like RedHat could use the RHCE model > to promote computer education at the school level. They can introduce a > light weight course and official certification for learning Linux right > from school level. Some goodies could be offered to students who do well > in the exams. Their representatives can approach schools and promote > this standard curriculum individually to different schools. Already many > computer institutes have mushroomed everywhere offering RHCE courses. > With a corporate giant stepping in, the principals and management will > be convinced much better. The company can promote the virtues of FOSS by > focusing on the legal problems of using pirated software and the fact > that students can practice computers at home without having to invest a > bomb on different proprietary software like OS, Office, Graphics etc.
It is the educationists who should take the lead here and not the technologists. The distro vendors can play a supporting role and be catalysts in the process of creating a FOSS-Edu community because they are the ones who know the education system intimately. Venky -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
