[Ilugc] Re: Why FOSS for Education, a presentation in PDF format

[Pushparajan V]

On Nov 28, 2007 12:32 AM, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta at debian.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:47:19 +0530, balachandar muruganantham
> <mbchandar at gmail.com> said:
>
> > 3. i disagree with second paragragh on page 6. where it says that FOSS
> >    performs better than the proprietory softwares....
>
>        I suppose this is subjective. I have found myself far more
>  productive on UNIX/Linux products, than I ever have been on Windows
>  derived products, often because I can tweak the software to behave in a
>  manner that increases my efficiency.
>
>        YMMV.
>
> > 4. page 10 says rms started developing a free operation system called
> >    GNU which is wrong. rms started a GNU project to create a unix-like
> >    operation system. more over rms and linus did not plan and started
> the
> >    project. i think its a grammer mistake
>
>        Well, RMS did start to develop a free OS called GNU -- except that
>  the kernel was supposed to be the HURD. Linux came out of nowhere, and
>  succeeded, while the HURD remains a experimental kernel.
>
>        manoj
> --
> I came to MIT to get an education for myself and a diploma for my
> mother.
> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta at acm.org> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/>
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Hey Guys,

You all made the bandwidth of the site to exceed !!.. :)

PDF cannot be downloaded from here:
http://linuxbaskar.googlepages.com/free-software-for-education.pdf

Please upload it in ILUGC wiki or some place which is accessible.

Thanks,

Pushparajan V
http://www.vprajan.org