2009/8/7 Krishna <mail2kr...@gmail.com>: > I also faced similar situation for a mini-project , they gave me a list of > topic , all were quite old ideas like library management, reservation > system, etc, But I was allowed to do project in FOSS. Not all the lecturer > may know about FOSS and stuff. but they should not think that students are > trying to cheat them with project which they don't know to evaluate. This is quite an issue with some engineering colleges I heard of . I think the best solution for them is to tie up / relate to NRCFOSS node at AU-KBC which can help in judging the quality of the product . > My > lecturers encouraged me. but the external lecturer doubted me. I made a boot > loader which looks like grub and my friend made LTSP. The external doubted > that both the projects are looking same. since I also used floppy disk to > load my boot loader. The claim was "You both put the floppy and computer > boots in Linux whats the difference?". The time given for explanation was > not enough for us to explain the difference anyway i managed finally. Cool :) >so the > students have to show their interest and their activeness to promote FOSS in > their respective college, in their beginning semester, at least HODs and > lecturers will know your interest first and will be supportive in these kind > of situations. It need not be first year because after 12th the student may not be in FOSS. The most *ideal* situation would be the college already using FOSS electives 1 and 2 . I just *wish* that they are made compulsory and with a lab/project course associated with it.
Yeah it's always good to keep nice ties and personal relations with your department senior lecturers with the HOD because it make *lot* of difference in support you get during projects . Regards, Pavithran -- pavithran sakamuri www.pavithran.org _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
