On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Gora Mohanty <g...@sarai.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:17:28 +0530 > Mohit Singh <gmohitsi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear FOSSouls, > > > > > > It is a matter of great concern for all of us that proliferation > > of FOSS is being severely countered by 'AICTE Inspector Raj' in > > engineering institutions. We have no evidences as of now - > > because we have not involved 'TEHELKA.COM' till now, but the > > evidences are the experiences of may heads of institutions. > > Dear Mohit, > > No disrespect intended, but I am at a loss at understanding what > you are talking about here. From what little I know, AICTE is > some kind of a sarkaari regulatory body for education. Where does > tehelka.com factor in here? > > > The AICTE inspectors insist on showing the bills of softwares > > licensed/purchased and they reject FOSS as 'Free Ka hai ji - > > hence you use'. It is a challenge for all of us to > > 'educate/inspire/compel' AICTE and its NBA arm to respect FOSS. > > Again, what is the context here? Where are these AICTE inspectors > coming to? Why exactly should we be worried? > > > This is not an intention to malign AICTE or any of its practice > > anyway. If you are evidence savvy, kindly be present when an AICTE > > appointed team visits an engineering college for inspection. They > > are always interested in looking at 'LEGAL SOFTWARE' and their > > definition of LEGAL is the binary only proprietary EULA given by > > 'The Redmond Codelifter' and the like MOST RESPECTFULLY endorsed > > by NASSCOM and the ministry of HRD, IT and others. > [...] > > Personally, I am happy to malign AICTE, or any other sarkaari > institution, when deserved. These people operate on *our* tax > money. It is just not entirely clear to me what you are referring > to. > > Regards, > Gora > Let me try to explain. # Engineering college in India are operated/approved by AICTE. # AICTE make inspection of colleges and accept/reject a college. # Most of the "AICTE Inspector" feel happy to see that a large amount of money has been applied on non-foss-proprietary solutions. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘ _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
