Re: [ILUG-BOM] FOSS in Indian Schools - A Serious Concern & a Request to Unite.

Hi Narendra,

Great initiative. We need to think from School / Student's point of view as well.

To change from status quo, they would need to see some benefits from this migration. What benefits can be "sold" to them?

Few that I can think of:

1. Free of Cost software 2. Encourages students to look "Under the hood" and learn how things work. 3. Less chances of malware

And we need to tell them about risks as well:

Some risks:

1. Some educational titles require either Windows or Mac (E.g. GRE Prep tests, Biological Simulators) 2. Local PC vendors might not be competent to service Linux machines (E.g. adding a new printer and configure page size etc to print bills in specific template)

-Shamit