On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Shakthi Kannan <shakthim...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi, > > --- On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Prasanna Venkadesh > <prasmai...@gmail.com> wrote: > | When I started to explain about semantic web and my idea, they said we > | have google and this project exist, without expecting any more > explanation > | from me dept staff ordered to change the project. > \-- > > You could have still worked on your idea, and released your work as free/open source software (F/OSS). Nobody stopped you from doing that! > I failed to mention in my previous message that I did what was my idea, the same first idea. > > The notion that the final year project is very important, and that is > the only one that counts, is a single point of failure. What was not > learnt and accomplished in four years of "engineering" cannot be > undone with a "good" final year project. > > Again, nobody stops students from contributing to F/OSS projects > during their semester or summer breaks. Just because they didn't make > it in to GSoC doesn't mean they can't work on their proposal, or pick other tasks from the project and work on them. > Yes, nobody stops anyone from contributing to FOSS projects, I shared my experience above and I have heard similar from others too, we need to see both sides of a coin and that is the reason why mentioned about this side. > "If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, > you'll find an excuse." > ~ Jim Rohn > > SK > > -- > Shakthi Kannan > http://www.shakthimaan.com > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > -- Regards, Prasanna Venkadesh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PuduvaiLUG Mailing List: http://puduvailug.wordpress.com/mailing-list-guidelines/ FOSS Jobs all over India: http://fossjobs.in _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
