> My suggestion : let us continue to introduce subjects in the curriculum > subject to university norms, introduce FOSS alternatives in labs, draw the > students towards FOSS usage/projects, try to remove the restrictive clauses > like only specific software should be used, and be ready to take advantage > of the changing scenarios. >
The engg. colleges have started realising the importance of FOSS in regular curriculum and we have interacted with more than 20 engg. colleges in the past one month, discussing about the Open Source Lab setup and the institutions are ready to setup FOSS labs, FDPs and make their students to do Lab practicals/Projects using FOSS tools. Regards S. Baskar CEO/LinuXpert Systems _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc