[Ilugc] Re: [OT] Volunteering - ways and means
- From: rus.cahimb@xxxxxxxxx (Ramanathan Muthaiah)
- Date: Thu Jun 19 11:23:02 2008
Ways to promote FLOSS:
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1. To assist in developing skillset among academics. Once the professor
gets empowered with knowledge, it diffuses to the students.
We can start with selected colleges, and create a model..
2. Create a platform, to network interested students and the academics
across tamilnadu..
the mailing list is not an one shop for all purposes.. this is just for
communication..
3. To form a team to lobby colleges, to adopt floss, and related management
processes.. this lobby team would contain the network of teams who has in
one or other way some influence over college management..
Let me share my recent experiences and I believe we should focus at
the grassroots level also, targeting
students.
I had chance to be in a group of students pursuing their engg in
various colleges in and around the city.
I suggested to one of the student (3rd year ECE) to try the latest Ubuntu 8.04;
infact, I gave them the CD that I got shipped from The Netherlands.
He had no problems in installing but the questions he asked me
thereafter did surprise me; he was trying to
install M$ office and winamp in ubuntu (without using wine). I have
assured him that I would help him
further on how to install SW in GNU/Linux, configure and setup new HW.
I plan to introduce (subscribe) him to ILUGC, all this with the
emphasis that this is his choice and an opportunity
to widen his knowledge
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regards
Ramanathan
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