Thank you, this was the kind of precise feedback i was looking for! Thanks to all who chipped in their views also :)
-Sindhu S sindhu-s.com +91-9449242622 On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Shashishekhar S <[email protected]>wrote: > Sindhu, > > A couple of points. > > 1. None of us here have any direct experience studying at the CS Dept. UoM, > hence I don't think you can expect any first hand info about the FOSS > activity/environment at the UoM from the list. > > 2. Over the years, we've conducted several MyLUG meets, seminars, talks etc > in Mysore and we haven't had any participation from either students/faculty > of the CS Dept, UoM - not that CS depts of other colleges in our city > participated. > > 3. In my personal (limited) interactions, the people at the department are > more agnostic towards technology than ignorant or discouraging. > > 4. That said, the University has very vibrant and demanding Linux > user/hacker communities in departments including Physics, Library & Info > Science, Statistics, etc. Also, people at the computer center have been > supposedly active on the localisation initiatives. So, you can expect to > interact with atleast a number of clueful people - esp. Prof. Sridhar and > his band of merry students ;-) > > 5. As hoped by several posters, we always look for clueful people who get > into these departments as faculty/students to push the agenda of hackerism > and of open sourceM-b-M-bFree Software and Open Source and Standards in > these places. And after all these years, I've wisened up not to expect too > many radical changes from these places. > > Summing up, you can't expect a FOSS enlightened immediate environment, > though you'll have sufficient breezes occasionally. > > So, all the best with your hunt. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
