On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Manu K Mohan <manukn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Nalin Savara <nsn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Nandeep Mali <n9986.m...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 8:42 PM, narendra sisodiya < >> > > narendra.sisod...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > May ILUGD and Sarai members give us the link to some >> > That might be true but distributing booklets cannot be considered less >> > effective than internet. At least IMHO. I'll still prefer a book over >> > an HTML link handed out to me. Why not have both? >> > >> > --- >> > >> >> to save trees. >> >> Could instead hand over stickers with the URL printed on them. >> > A small article which says how Gandhiji's fight for freedom and press helped to spread the knowledge to common man when there was no internet. Similar way its another fight for freedom from proprietary softwares. Still press has the same power. http://manuknkra.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/another-struggle-of-freedom-for-india-follow-gandhiji/ <http://manuknkra.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/another-struggle-of-freedom-for-india-follow-gandhiji/> >> There are people who have less access to computers and internet. These > people should be targeted to spread the knowledge. Booklets will help these > people know about and FOSS and spread it. > > For example > In my college days some of my juniors took an initiative to upload class > notes to their blogs. The purpose was to spread class notes to those who are > not much studious and fail to get it from their teachers. Still no much > people visited their blogs. It just reduced the efforts of studious > students. Then they took one print out and photocopied it and gave it to few > peoples. They spread it further to other students those who wanted it. The > result was 92% pass next semester. Only 5 people got arrears in that class. > This will be the case of FOSS too if it is on paper. > >> Regards, >> >> NS >> _______________________________________________ >> ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org >> http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd >> Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi >> http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ >> > > > > -- > Manu K. Mohan > B.Tech (Computer Science & Engg.) > http://manuknkra.wordpress.com/ > -- Manu K. Mohan B.Tech (Computer Science & Engg.) http://manuknkra.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
