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Sometime ago we did a FSUG VTU-FLOSS Campaign.Now I just came across this news.
THE HINDU,BANGALORE: The Belgaum-based Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian subsidiary of National Instruments Inc. The MoU incorporates the donation of the LabVIEW software worth over Rs. 9 crores to engineering colleges affiliated to the VTU.
The university will ensure training of students and faculty in the software. The software is a programming environment developed for engineers and is said to be one of the key factors behind the success of Virtual Instrumentation Technology.
Read More http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/12/stories/2005051205050500.htm
Do you think that a commerical company donating crores worth of educational software is *really* altruistic.
Do let us know what you think !!!
--arky Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati rakesh_ambati@yahoo.com