--- In linux_schools@..., Arjun Asthana
<arjunasthana@g...> wrote:
>
> The problem is that CBSE forces schools to use Windows and other
prop
> software.
>
> Can any one break that?
>



Hello Arjun

It will be broken naturally when the time of Linux comes.

There is Engineering education where they dont force to use Windows
for C/C++ programming, Java etc.

But nobody uses Linux to do these things in Engineering colleges
(There may be only few colleges who are doing so).

There is also syllabus in Engineering where Word , Excel , powerpoint
is part of the introductory computer syllabus in First year.

Engineering colleges and professional institutes shamelessly use
pirated software (It may be true for CBSE and other schools also).


If the Universities and Government enforce the rule of legal software
usage, these institutes will have no other option but to use Linux.

When Microsoft comes in search of their baby, we have no other option
but to give up the baby and also pay fines (We may have to learn how
many zeros are there in a million) . The fines will be so huge all
the institutes would go bankrupt paying the fine and close shutters.

Everybody is saying, no such thing will happen soon. Yes it will not
happen soon because the number computers in India are only around 1
Crore. Let it multiply to 5 to 10 crores, which may happen quickly if
the prices of computers comes to around Rs.10 thousand. (Who would
have imagined mobile phones will reach more than 4.5 crores in such a
small time span exceeding the land line phones ?).

We may have to wait a little more longer may be 2 to 4 years when
dozens of countries, 100s of big companies rush to use Linux in a
large scale . Then there will be a great conversion boom similar to
Y2K projects. It may be called W2k+8 bug or the big MSW bug. The bug
is not easy to remove. More than 90 percent of the computers would
have to be completely cleaned of this bug.

People who have very few computers like India (< 1%) better not
install the bug on new computers. Otherwise India may have to spend
Billions of Dollars as the USA did for becoming stingy for 2 digits of
a year as in Y2K bug.

Cheers
Herald.