Hi Friends,
It is really exciting to know that someone is picking up the roots of not only linux but intelligence as well.
I have lately been discussing the fact with RMS that how majority of the students are being left out of open source initiative (FSF/GNU). Abhas is very right when he says that students carry enormous potential when guided and manouvered in the right direction. The freshness of approach is the key to innovation and this coupled with experienced guidance takes the shape of a juggernaut.
I have myself been interacting with students on various projects and have been amazed at their ability to push things through.
I have found students of being very receptive on taking up challanges and abhas is again right when he says that sometime we have to co-op up with their state of stagnancy. But then most of the Genius are known lazy fellows. But believe me, when they are on a roll, thats when guys like bill and larry spend some sleepless nights, on knowing what these aliens are upto. In his recent visit to india, bill gates did mention "I SEE SOME INNOVATIVE PRODUCT COMPANIES COMING UP FROM INDIA" and believe me he understands the power of these small creatures (students) of our IT world, he knows there are lot of seeds being sown in garages all around the world. Indian garages have an edge. A large student base is ready to scratch their heads and another thing that Devang Mehta(late NASSCOM honcho) likes to identify with India - THE INDIAN JUGAAD is always handy.
We need a unified effort to gather this scattered force and what could be a better forum than FSF/GNU.
Make the Students follow the FSF Ideology and see the results: These creatures invade the industry every year with dreams and ambitions. They will eat up the properietry world.
We need to make them believe that they are "THE ONE"; especially in India. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- leave you with this thought,
Regards, tarun gaur
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I have lately been discussing the fact with RMS that how majority of the students are being left out of open source initiative (FSF/GNU).
Our discussion was about the free software movement, not "open source". "Open source" is the slogan of another movement in our community, one that rejects our idealism. The Open Source Initiative makes me feel "left out", and I am glad if some others feel the same way.
When people with those views contribute to free software, we recognize their contribution to the community. But we in the FSF never work on "open source" activities. We want it to be clear that what we are doing is "free software".
I have myself been interacting with students on various projects and have been amazed at their ability to push things through.
This is very different from my experience in the US and Europe. Occasionally a student who becomes a free software developer and does important work acting on his own, but students *in the academic context* hardly ever contribute anything that works.
Have you found it is different in India? I would be glad to learn that Indian students are more effective. If so, it could be worth some effort to try to reach out to them.
If memory serves me right, Richard Stallman wrote:
This is very different from my experience in the US and Europe. Occasionally a student who becomes a free software developer and does important work acting on his own, but students *in the academic context* hardly ever contribute anything that works.
It is not very different in India .... the only real difference here is that universities are not very particular about claiming ownership of the student's work ..
For example our college has a graduate project programme .. but very few students take it into forming a GPL'd project and working it via Savannah or some other CVS ... That is the point where the FSF/GNU guidance is needed ...
And of course -- "catch them young" . (which seems to be the policy of a huge software company judging by the number of institutes offering their courses...)
Speaking as a student and FS developer, Gopal
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