> 10.Functions of the Council.- It shall be the duty of the Council to take all > such steps as it may think fit for ensuring coordinated and integrated > development of technical education and maintenance of standards and for the > purposes for performing its functions under this Act, the Council may- > > --snip-- > > (f) promote an effective link between technical education system and other > relevant systems including research and development organisations, industry > and the community; > > --snip-- > > (n) take all necessary steps to prevent commercialisation of technical > education; > </cite> > > Wouldn't them promoting a single vendor is in this fashion doesn't qualify as > "commercialisation of techinical education"? > > Failing which at least demand equal promotion from them for FOSS offerings. > (I'm sure Redhat/Canonical/(Oracle??) can match whatever MSFT is currently > offering.) > > Also the current AICTE/Dreamspark offerings require the purchase of an x86 PC > [There are many non-x86 offerings in the market(and the soon to be released > $35 tablet ;-)] > > Any way this falls foul of the consumer protection act? > <cite> > (b) any trade practice which requires a consumer to buy, hire or avail of > any goods or, as the case may be, services as condition precedent to buying, > hiring or availing of other goods or services; > </cite> > > BTW can any lawyers here explain why this doesn't cover bundling of the OS? > > Or can AICTE students claim they are being forced to pay for an OS when they > are entitled to one for free under the dreamspark program?
FSF India! Please comment on this! UNESCO has endorsed FSF works and your presence in this country cant let this happen before your eyes! Can we make some direct action plan on this? Are we afraid of Rahul Gandhi and his dear friend Bill Gates? Mohit Singh _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
