Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-10 Thread Linux Lingam
No the learning curve is not a deterrent, as in learning linux tools is not more complicated than the doze tools. Both would take the same amount of time. But having invested in one tool a user will not invest his time in learning a second tool. How is that contradictory? the knowledge

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-10 Thread Anjali Noronha
linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: From: Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case To: Indian FOSS Community Network list network@lists.fosscom.in Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 7:16 PM

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-09 Thread A. Mani
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:01 AM, renuka prasad renukapras...@gmail.com wrote: there are many schools / universities many softwares for teaching non computer science subjects ( i am telling about teaching physics , chemistry , biology etc ... which one you are thinking when u said so ?) The

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-08 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] frequently (discounting global meltdown scenarios), an organization needs a panel of internal and external resources of people, to regularly orient new staff to use foss tools and techniques. Sometimes, when the progenitor of foss-adoption quits, the baby gets thrown out with

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-08 Thread Sunil Abraham
Linux Lingam wrote: What is scenario after 10 years. Using mix, or FOSS only? View of employees and employers? i wouldn't know. someone needs to check with mahiti and/or sunil. am cc-ing sunil in the hopes of a response. Unfortunately it is still a mix. Even at CIS, we are forced to

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-08 Thread A. Mani
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Sunil Abraham su...@cis-india.org wrote: The problem with the IOTA CBT is that they are assuming that we need a Flash like experience for learning. This indicates a poor understanding of pedagogy. If the focus is on bells and whistles then the student will

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-08 Thread renuka prasad
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:59 AM, A. Mani a.mani@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Sunil Abraham su...@cis-india.org wrote: The problem with the IOTA CBT is that they are assuming that we need a Flash like experience for learning. This indicates a poor understanding of

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-07 Thread Linux Lingam
Kishore Bhargava knows of a few professional sound studios that work with 100% foss. He also delivered a talk at TEDx on digital photography and more with Foss. Gaurav Mishra works with blender3d to handle sophisticated modelling, rendering and animation. IIT-B has authored fully-interactive and

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-07 Thread Vickram Crishna
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: But... I feel it is easier for govts, PSU, and academia to buy expensive proprietory software worth several lakhs or crores, rather than pay FOSS professionals services fees for deploying free software. This is

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-07 Thread Krishnakant Mane
On Sunday 07 March 2010 05:21 PM, Vickram Crishna wrote: On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com mailto:linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: But... I feel it is easier for govts, PSU, and academia to buy expensive proprietory software worth several lakhs or crores,

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-07 Thread sajan venniyoor
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: Adobe's audition is actually a prior shareware called goldwave. The expert is right that audition and audacity cannot be equated, since audacity is significantly superior to audition. Audition was earlier called 'Cool

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-07 Thread H.S.Rai
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: ... ten years ago designers at Mahiti felt very insecure about moving to gimp. What is scenario after 10 years. Using mix, or FOSS only? View of employees and employers? Likewise, the design layout dept at LinuxForYou

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-07 Thread Vivek Khurana
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: in fact, foss hasn't yet won the expected and widespread adoption i had hoped in the no-brainer category from the previous decade: openoffice.org vs msoffice. Plus, even after President Abdul Kalam's I guess we miss

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-06 Thread H.S.Rai
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM, jtd j...@mtnl.net.in wrote: 3) The consultant does not understand the real issues of audio processing using computers. Any good user of any proprietary software can not give any verdict just by having a dry run on any other software. All requirement must be

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-06 Thread sajan venniyoor
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM, jtd j...@mtnl.net.in wrote: Ok. From the response one can conclude two points 1) Closed formats 2) The consultant is sticking to a single tool when he has undefined jobs. 3) The consultant does not understand the real issues of audio processing using

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-06 Thread A. Mani
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM, jtd j...@mtnl.net.in wrote: Ok. From the response one can conclude two points 1) Closed formats 2) The consultant is sticking to a single tool when he has undefined jobs. 3) The consultant does not understand the real issues of audio processing using

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-05 Thread A. Mani
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:25 PM, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Indranil Das Gupta indr...@gmail.com wrote: A while back Sri Banerji, responded back with his clarifications. I've put up his response on my blog -

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-05 Thread Vickram Crishna
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:54 PM, A. Mani a.mani@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:25 PM, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Indranil Das Gupta indr...@gmail.com wrote: A while back Sri Banerji, responded back with his clarifications.

Re: [fosscomm] Update - clarifications from the multimedia expert in the IOTA CBT workflow case

2010-03-05 Thread A. Mani
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@gmail.com wrote: Here is an honest hardworking person, who wants to see whether free software can run on a proprietary system, and solve problems that exist only in that proprietary system's environment (of course that was not the brief