On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 11:43, S Mohan wrote:
My views:my suggestion would be that a "GNU/Linux User Group" seems to narrow
2, I would bet on the enthusiasm of the younger generation than the
initiative of the older. Why not start Linux user groups/ study circles/
discussion groups in every college across streams not necessarily CS. The
reverse pressure would probably make people sit up.
3. This group could enthuse the management by taking proposals to theThat is precisely what the Demo@Schools does. Though we aren't
college administration of cost savings in software by implementing
Meaningful Groupware - they would be no different from any corporate house
anyway.
<my inputs to students on why it is the future>Unfortunately this is becoming more and more difficult with BillG trying
It represents a large opportunity in the future. India is ripe as a country
and a platform given our Unix legacy. US has opensource code writers but
very few adopters as against Europe. This is the reason why it has not taken
off in the US. I believe adoption in India will be at a higher rate with
governments adopting Linux as in Europe,
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