On Tue, 09 Jul 2002 Nikhil Karkera wrote :
On Sun, 07 Jul 2002 Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote : [snip]
It is important to let people know and realise how much can be achieved on Linux, how easy it is for end users to operate and what software is available.
Ahem ... It is NOT easy. Linux us still not user friendly. There are a lot of issues with reagrds to usability and othe stuff ... even Redhat accepts it :).
This is a really important concern for Linux. Though it is
powerful
and flexible ,most people are not aware of it's advantages.
Most of the
people think it's a *cheap software* which is not worth
working on or
Unfortunately this is quite true. I teach students doing their MSc in s/w systems, and I was amazed at their ignorance about free software.
Yeah true ... while
Since I teach software engineering, we've taken up GNU/Linux as a case study for this subject. I get the feeling it has aroused their interest in free s/w. One student asked me, "If it's so great, which I can see it is, how come we never knew about it?".
There are a lot of other great things that people don't know about too ... :)
I also wish to encourage these students to take up GNU/Linux related final-semester projects, where I hope the PRC will assist me.
Nice Nice ... keep the steam up :)
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