From: Roshan d_rosh2001@yahoo.co.in To: linuxers@mm.glug-bom.org Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 09:33:22 +0100 (BST) Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Education I am currently pursuing my T. Y. BSc. (I. T.) and much of what I have in my curriculum is pretty much using applications that work in Windoze!
Considering the professionals in this list, can the software industry, especially, those who provide services in the open source areas using GNU/Linux, initiate certain programmes or take some steps to be a part of the curriculum developement team of courses which provide education about software development for University of Mumbai?
I'll be happy to take this up with Mumbai University.
I agree, this is not easy and needs the consensus of both the university and the industry, but someone would have to initiate it.
Or students like me should put this request in the form of a letter to the university?
Yes. As a student, you should demand that open source is used. If both, industry and students put pressure together, things are likely to happen faster.
Venky