Hey guys How about giving it away for free AFTER end sems? That way no one will need to make any kind of sacrifices :)
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:48 PM, manusheel <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Sumanta, > > Thank you for taking time in compiling your feedback on my memo. > > > > I have some thoughts about what Manusheel Sir wrote. > > > > " it seems that CSI-NSIT is indeed charging much less than what it should > charge." > > I think CSI NSIT is charging a lot for something which should be free. > Why would i even pay Rs 200 for something which i should get for free. > > As I said earlier, this initiative has not happened under my aegis, and I > have not been the one calling the shots. So, if you have any questions or > concerns, please talk with Bhatia Sir, Aditya, Abhishek, and copy Hemant on > that e-mail. My views on this initiative were solely mine as I mentioned > earlier. > > And, I do wish to echo that CSI-NSIT is charging nothing for being the > distribution, marketing and publicity partners to this initiative. They > should charge much more considering the sacrifice of time and energy by the > executive members in the middle of the exams. > Not sure, why are they not spending quality time on Data Structures, Analog > Electronics, M.D., Power App...5th sem...Algorithms, Networking... > > >I'm not sure Microsoft would be too happy to know that CSI NSIT is selling > their product for Rs 200. > > Replace the word "selling" by "distribution" and "publicity", and you would > not think like this. > > >Microsoft gives software at low cost to educational institute so >that all > the students have access to the genuine software and not >only those who can > pay money for the software. > > How does Microsoft distribute? They distribute software through partners. > CSI-NSIT is the distribution and publicity partner as told to me by Bhatia > Sir today. Rest, please clarify directly. > > >Why would i pay money when i can download it for "free" from >internet. > > Sure, Sumanta. This is absolutely fine. If you are happy downloading the > package from the internet, please do so. > > > So my points are1. Is CSI NSIT paying anything to microsoft ?2. If >yes > then how much and if not then why can't it give the software for >free to > students?3. Is CSI NSIT charging for the service ? > > > > Please get the details and dynamics worked out by Bhatia Sir, Aditya, > Hemant and Abhishek. As a current/former CSI member, I feel that this is > indeed your responsibility. Thank you for raising the questions. > > > > I am not against paying for the software but atleast i should know >why > am i paying. > > Absolutely. You should know, why you are paying. > > Good luck with the end sem exams and final year. > > Regards, > > Manu > > > > Regards- Sumanta Mandal COE 7th Semester > > > > > > --- On Tue, 3/11/09, manusheel Gupta <manusheel_n...@...> wrote: > > > > From: manusheel Gupta <manusheel_n...@...> > > > Subject: [csi_nsit] Windows 7 > > To: "csi nsit" <[email protected] <csi_nsit%40yahoogroups.com>> > > Date: Tuesday, 3 November, 2009, 3:00 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > The initiative discussed was introduced during Hemant's tenure, and came > into full circle in the next batch. So, I didn't know the details of this > initiative before it evolved on this group. > > > > Over the last 24 hours, I spoke with Bhatia Sir, Aditya, Abhishek and > Hemant to understand the scenario. From what I could gather from the > discussions, it seems that CSI-NSIT is indeed charging much less than what > it should charge. > > > > It seems marketing and distribution costs for Windows costs 10 times > higher. Sure, that might be the case. Reminds me of a close friend, Mary Lou > Jepsen from Pixel Qi. She once told me an interesting insight on the sales > of laptops. She said that the marketing and distribution costs of any normal > laptop accounts for 65-70% of the total costs associated with it. Display > device accounted for less than 25% was an > > interesting fact I realized from that discussion. > > > > And, Microsoft is very happy that CSI-NSIT are helping them reduce the > distribution of pirated versions - a major investment goes in that > direction. So, in my humble opinion, I think that the board might want to > scale up the fees to Rs. 400 or Rs. 500 considering the amount of energy put > up by second year executive board members in the middle of end sems. End > sems are very important, guys. You should get into the ghissu mode now. > > > > On a separate note, I found the style of discussions very interesting. > Reminds me of the storyline of "Blood Diamond". > > > > Craig Mundie, hats off to you, friend. You are very smart business guy > indeed.Good luck with Windows 7. Your product has already received enough > publicity on CSI yahoo group :-) > > > > Regards, > > > > Manu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Get your new Email address! > > Grab the Email name you've always wanted before someone else does! > > http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/aa/ > > > > > -- regards, Siddharth Goyal | http://www.sidgoyal1.com CEO, Dulcet Solutions | http://www.dulcetsolutions.com +91-9818666217
