On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Anupam Jain <ajn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Narendra Sisodiya < > naren...@narendrasisodiya.com> wrote: > > You may be correct in your context. But we have started our discussion >> for >> school and college education which must be delivered in via FOSS tools. > > > This is an interesting discussion. I think Dreamspark evokes such a strong > negative reaction from FOSS folks because - > > 1. It involves students (apparently, easily influenced). > 2. It involves Micro$oft (the DeathStar of the software universe). > > So what do you guys think about - > > MS "BizSpark"? - Removing (1) from the above scenario. > IBM "Global Entrepreneurship"? - Removing both (1) and (2) from above > scenario. > > Now to play the devil's advocate, some, IMHO, pluses of the "DreamSpark" > "initiative" - > > 0. Choice is always a good thing. > 1. It allows students another alternative to software piracy. Piracy is the > primary reason why Non FOSS are so popular in India. > 2. It allows students who use Linux in everyday life to use a proprietary > software to scratch an itch that cannot otherwise be scratched in the given > time frame using FOSS. I'm thinking things like Matlab, Simulink, and > Labview. And I'm speaking from experience that it is painful to cover their > capabilities using FOSS (or atleast was during my college days) especially > when you are an engineering student with too many things already on his > hands. > > -- Anupam > Sent using Gmail which ironically does not evoke as much of a negative > reaction as a "Blackberry". > > Lets come to the Topic - I have filed RTI - http://techrights.org/2010/10/21/aicte-challenged/ Lets decide a date for a silent protest. 1) Date ? 2) Venue ? -- infront of AICTE or Jantar Mantar etc ? How many student/foss-lovers are going to support this mission? -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘ _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
