My son is in Class III of a fairly well known school in Delhi. His Computer
Science textbook ('KEYBOARD - Computer Science with Application Software",
Sangeeta Panchal & Alka Sabharwal, OUP) begins and ends with Microsoft
Windows ("When you switch on the computer, the Windows operating system gets
loaded into the computer memory automatically. While loading, the picture of
the Windows flag will appear on the screen." They've a nice screen shot of
Windows XP up there).The text book is an extended advert for Windows, and I am sure this continues all the way to Class X. Before we start "improving awareness about FOSS in Universities" and institutions of higher learning, how about our schools and primary classes? That's where the rot begins. Our kids grow up believing that Windows is the default OS and everything else is either an aberration or a heresy. Sajan On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Prasanth Sugathan <[email protected]>wrote: > Microsoft, RTU in pact to supply "free" software to 1 million students > > > http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_microsoft-rtu-in-pact-to-supply-free-software-to-1-million-students_1438330 > > We could see more such news as adoption of FOSS increases in the > Education sector. > It is time for us to work on improving awareness about FOSS in > Universities and educational institutions. Definitely, a lot of work > has happened in this area, but a lot more needs to be done as > proprietary software firms try to rope in more institutions with the > "free" bait. > > > Regards, > > Prasanth Sugathan > Legal Counsel, > Software Freedom Law Center > K-9, Birbal Road, First Floor, > Jangpura Extension, > New Delhi-110014 > Phone# +91-11-43587126 > Cell: +91 9013585902 > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >
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