On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Srinivasan Sundararajan <srini...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 3/3/09, ashok samrat <samrat.asho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > IMHO most of the curriculum offered as FOSS is counter productive > > based on a outdated syllabus.It didnt help in moving people to Linux > > and for even people who were introduced to Linux it was tiresome. > > > > The elective mode, in a sense, came due to the university regulations --if > i > remember correctly, in Anna University, a new subject has to be introduced > first as an elective. Do we have any chance to make this paper as a compulsory? I got the syllabus from IT Dept HOD, CSI polytechnic, Salem. They have one compulsory paper on open source includes php, Mysql, Apache and they have a separate lab includes C programming, Shell programming and some linux system calls. The HOD told, their university planing to convert all the proprietary s/w into open source. -ASP _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
