On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Narendra Sisodiya < [email protected]> wrote:
> I request all IP university-Delhi students to boycott their circular which >> FORCE you to use Microsoft Word and slap on your freedom. Demand for >> ODT/HTML format. http://ipu.ac.in/ucitim/ucitimcir200509.pdf > > > You can find email id - [email protected] > Please Write mail that you are not happy with decision like this. > OpenOffice is available for all platforms. > > Use Open Standards ! This circular was just for files sent by different departments of the university. They don't entertain any electronic communication from students. But you have just noticed the tip of the iceberg. The concept of open standards is alien to the university think-tank(which doesn't seem to exist) .The syllabus for all the courses explicitly mention that students should learn use of (pirated) proprietary softwares(MS Office, Autocad, Matlab, Dreamweaver, Flash, Oracle DB, Rational Rose etc). Neither any college is willing to adopt any open standard(because the highly qualified faculty of all the colleges is unaware of the wonderful world of free software. Infact they aren't aware of the basic features of proprietary software packages either :-( ) . For example, consider the case of GTBIT. The directions that students get for creating project reports include the following lines: ______________________ Normal Body Text: Font Size : 12 , *Times New Roman*, 1.5 Line spacing , single side writing Paragraph Heading Font Size : 14, *Times New Roman*, Bold The font size of source code should be 10, Times New Roman. ______________________ Point to be noted is that Times New Roman is M$'s proprietary font.
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