[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala syllabus includes Power Point

2009-04-05 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Apr 5, 7:59 am, .Kenney Jacob kenney.ja...@gmail.com wrote: Are you trying to say that its ok to use AutoCad until a free alternative comes up ? Basically yes, sir! I am really surprised that this question came from you! Abandoning CAD tools until an FS alternative comes up- sets us

[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala syllabus includes Power Point

2009-04-05 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 05:55 -0700, Visakh wrote: On Apr 5, 10:36 am, V. Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com wrote: A Free CAD that supports 3D also is being developed. I feel we should see if we can help it grow faster so that we can soon replace AutoCAD with it. I am all ears for it.

[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala syllabus includes Power Point

2009-04-04 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 08:29 +0530, .Kenney Jacob wrote: Are you trying to say that its ok to use AutoCad until a free alternative comes up ? We don't want anyone to use non-free software. But to get the education system to abandon something as important as a CAD tool would be virtually

[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala syllabus includes Power Point

2009-04-04 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 19:40 -0700, Visakh wrote: But, sorry to be pessimistic - going by the way government treats FOSS (eg: VAT e-filing), i wonder if they or their agencies have any genuine interests in FOSS other than immediate political ones. Suspecting the real intention of a political