Awesome, a thesis for what course?
I am a control engineering student and did not even think about making a
thesis out of free software in engineering. I once spoke to the course
coordinator about the research lab he works in and he told they usually work
with free software, but what he meant was free software developed in-house,
not the actual tools they used. I asked if they used Windows as a development
platform there (rhetorical question, but I thought it sounded more
appropriate than being straightforward in such situation), he replied "The
majority of us yes, but you can use 'Linux' if you want, but I never used it
myself and I don't know how to use it (yes it is a redundancy)".
When one thinks of software related engineers, she might think that they know
all the tools available and choose the best one. However, there is, actually,
a dearth of information/interest about/in alternatives rather than
alternatives themselves.
As of now, I am far from being the most compelling spokesman for freedom in
engineering, but if I can make a degree out of that, I have a greter purpose
in this job. Stuff is kinda boring like it is now.
