On 19-Jan-08, at 11:31 AM, pj wrote: >> IITs were the hotbeds of foss in the 1990s - nowadays it is very rare >> to find LUGs in any so-called elite institution. My experience shows >> that the most active LUGs are in private engineering colleges - >> usually those situated some distance outside the metros or in two >> tier cities. > > Interesting. > > Any idea why it has evolved that way?
in the old days, elite institutions were also the citadels of idealism. Apparently not now. In fact the 'flame' is kept alight in IITM and B by professors who are left over from the idealism of the 80s and 90s - very few students. Possibly all students in elite institutions are already counting the obscenely high salaries they are going to get, so have no time or inclination for anything else. > > Any idea if it is the same in other countries? no idea -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
