On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Apinder Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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 :-( ) . > > > Yes, you are telling the problem. Do you have any plan/idea to teach them ? -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘
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