H.S.Rai wrote:
Student's competition of IIT Kharagpur want presentation only with
proprietary format. See rules under round 3 of
http://www.ktj.in/#eureka
"For the final round the participants will have to give their
presentation in Macromedia flash 8.0/Microsoft PowerPoint."
Dear HS Rai
Thanks for the update.
Apart from sharing within FOSSCOMM (the converted crowd) it would be
useful if we could send a letter on behalf of FOSSCOMM to the concerned
authority/decision maker pointing out the issues/demerits of their
choice and why they should promote FOSS.
There are some 'template letters' on the FOSSCOMM site. Can I request if
you could pick up a suitable one and then draft a letter to the IIT
Kharagpur competition organizers. (In case you want help to locate the
template, you could check offlist with Narendra Sisodiya or Santhosh T)
The primary goal of FOSSCOMM is to ensure wider adoption of FOSS in
India, for this we need to engage with the 'non converted'/ 'non
believers' and even 'hostile' groups and such letter writing can be the
beginning (not that it will always do the job!) of such engagement. In
cases, where the person is preferring proprietary sw due to ignorance or
inhibitions wrt FOSS, our letter could encourage them to move towards
FOSS adoption. Of course, we need to be polite and friendly :-) .... If
each of us could write to different authorities as and when we notice
such issues, it can help spread awareness on a larger scale.
regards,
Guru
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