[Fsf-friends] Backlash for Micro$oft

[Ajay Pal Singh Atwal]

Can something similar be done in Punjab. I know there are plenty of ppl
from Punjab especially from teaching community in this list.

Punjab Technical University has tailored its curriculum as per M$ software.
We have FCPIT tailored around MS Office and DOS and Windows only.
See: http://ptu.ac.in/1st%20year.htm

It could be OpenOffice and save colleges from expensive software and
proprietary software.

And Windows Programming
But for that i have been using DevC++ and gcc+cygwin successfully and not
Visual Studio which would be a dead project soon. Any way the syllabus for
Windows programming is a little outdated.

and plenty of other subjects which i have not taught.

BTW also for schools DIT http://www.dtepunjab.nic.in/ or may be
http://www.dtepunjab.org/
has a project under which school students would be taught MS Word/ Windows
and fiends.

Sincerely

Ajay Pal Singh Atwal
Lecturer
Dept. CSE & IT

> "Mr. Basheer said the leadership Kerala State Teachers' Association (KSTA)
> had initially fully endorsed the Government decision to hold the
> examination using Microsoft software, but had later backtracked on its
> word. The Government is ready to use Linux from the coming year. But it is
> too late to attempt anything of the kind at this point of time." (Full
> story at http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/09/stories/2005020904990500.htm )
>
> Micro$oft is getting a new taste of treatment from the teaching community
> in this well bounded territory. This time the 'holy nexus' is getting more
> clearly exposed. Very soon the $oft Inc will get a matching response from
> the local bodies of the State. IKM, pls watch out - your own partymen will
> catch you by your neck.
> CK Raju
>
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