LFY Survey on the Adoption of Linux in Professional Institutions

[Jhinuk Cchowdhury]

Dear All, 

Linux For You magazine is conducting a survey on the adoption of Linux
at technology colleges across India. Mentioned below is our
questionnaire. Would appreciate if you could, either connect me to
engineering colleges and people who could answer the questions below,
or if you could answer the questions yourself, in case you are a
student or professor of a particular college and is armed with
relevant information.

Linux For You

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Survey on the Adoption of Linux in Professional Institutions




Questionnaire




Details regarding the institution (name of the institution,
affiliations, degree courses offered, year of establishment, branches
of Engineering, etc.)


IT Requirements (with applications)


Initiatives taken by the Institute in the field of Open-Source Software/Linux


The Network Diagram or description (mentioning the number of servers,
nodes, etc. with the OS and technology in use listed as well)


Details of migration/deployment of the Linux OS


Why did you feel the need to migrate to/deploy Linux?


What are the key everyday/technical activities that you use Linux for
in your Institute?


What kind of technology is used for interoperatibility between systems
running Linux and other OS's? What kind of interoperatibility problems
are encountered?


The problems faced in

Migrating to Linux

Deploying Linux

Using it in the daily routine

Some technical activities (if any) where other OS's are needed. If
yes, name the OS's, please.


The names of the people in the core team involved in the
deployment/migration/maintenance of Linux-based systems


Who, in the industry, helped you out in the adoption phase? Or in
other words where did you get technical support from? Any external
support needed currently (for maintenance, troubleshooting, etc.)


On what parameters do you choose a vendor in industry for hardware/software? 

What are your parameters for analysing the cost factor and ROI?

What is your vision of Linux and open source, especially for
developing countries like ours?


What would be your advice to engineering students looking for a career
in Linux and open source?


Future policies and plans regarding adoption of Open Source technologies/Linux


Any other points you wish to make . . .


Some high-resolution images of the campus, the team, the computer
centre, etc., if possible.

Regards

Jhinuk Chowdhury 
Correspondent 
Linux For You Magazine 
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