Thanks Rushabh. Since goal of FOSS activist or FOSS supporting people is
unique, everyone can offer little help in his/her own way.
Only using linux individually is a great thing but that is not enough.
IMHO we should try to increase number of linux installations especially
in schools, colleges and government organizations.
In schools, the hurdle I noted was fear of schools/parents that direct
questions would be asked in the examination on proprietary software. Now
that this hurdle is removed, at least in State Schools of Maharashtra,
you can convince parents or school managements not to spend money on
acquiring licenses of these products. AFAIK, CBSE curriculum is based on
open source softwares. So you can also request CBSE schools to use FOSS
and not to purchase proprietary products.
I have just installed linux in the house of one 10th std student by
convincing his parents.
I have also contacted Managements of two schools in Thane. I offered
free help in computerizing result processing for them. (At present they
are doing the work manually). After that I informed them about FOSS and
requested to give two Machines where I would install linux. Work would
be done in libre base giving teachers proper training. Eventually the
school teachers would do the work independently and also can give
training to other schools in their vicinity (if they wish). Of course a
long term plan. There seems no short cut.
I could get support from 4 more people who are retired and know
computers little bit. Five of us would start this pilot project from
coming academic year.
Eradicating proprietary software from University Curriculum is a tough
task. We need to get directions from UGC or MHRD in this regard. In the
prestigious Digital India Project, Open Source plays a leading role (at
least on paper !), so one has to exploit it in our favor and get such
directions. Any suggestions in this regard are welcome.
(till then PIL is the only hope where this is one of the prayers !)
You can have your own ideas, perhaps more effective than mine. Please do
share them here.
On Wednesday 01 June 2016 11:12 AM, Rushabh Mehta wrote:
Milind,
Congrats on your excellent follow-up. Every small victory matters. It is
unfortunate that the people in government don't really care. Let us know what
help you need from the community.
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