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First Annual Bangalore Debian Developer ConferenceFirst Annual Bangalore Debian Developer ConferencePosted Aug 15, 2005 14:23 UTC (Mon) by umesh (guest, #3692)Parent article: First Annual Bangalore Debian Developer Conference
Correction this is conference is not organized by Indian Institute of Technology Banglore. In fact such a thing does not exist. This is organized by Indian Institute of Science, Banglore.
When I was at IIT-Madras, there is a big push for Linux on campus (both for development and use). It seems that the push has since dies down. I have not seen any credible contribution from any IIT to Linux. I just can not figure out why. They have talent, time and money to contribute for sure.
For some reason IISc is more interested then IIT in Linux development.
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First Annual Bangalore Debian Developer Conference Posted Aug 16, 2005 3:58 UTC (Tue) by rganesan (subscriber, #1182) [Link] This is organized by Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore as it says clearly in the announcement. Please note the "Information" in the name. Please don't issue corrections without verifying the facts. Thanks.
First Annual Bangalore Debian Developer Conference Posted Aug 16, 2005 14:59 UTC (Tue) by umesh (guest, #3692) [Link] I stay corrected. However the second part of the comment is still very valid.
First Annual Bangalore Debian Developer Conference Posted Aug 17, 2005 9:46 UTC (Wed) by achitnis (guest, #20) [Link] ROTFL - it isn't the IISc, either. The IISc has never conducted a Linux/FOSS event per se - you are confusing it with our event, which was held in the IISc auditoriums, but is conducted by Linux Bangalore.
This year, the event has moved away from the IISc, and has also been renamed: it is called "FOSS.IN", the location is the Bangalore Palace, the duration is four days.
More details coming up at http://foss.in/2005
First Annual Bangalore Debian Developer Conference Posted Aug 17, 2005 14:53 UTC (Wed) by umesh (guest, #3692) [Link] So what you are saying that I was unnecessarily nice to IISc and the criticism should have included IITs and IISc.
First Annual Bangalore Debian Developer Conference Posted Aug 20, 2005 4:11 UTC (Sat) by achitnis (guest, #20) [Link] Actually, what I am saying is that you probably aren't in a position to judge either the IITs or the IISc, based on published policies. It isn't the institution that "pushes" FOSS, it is the users. The institution just uses what users want.
In the case of the IISc and the IITs, the use of FOSS technologies and products is tremendous, as it is in most academic institutions in India. In fact, it is because of this that India carried the tag "Unix county" since the 1980s.
The best thing an institution can do is *not* "promote/push/advocate/enforce FOSS" - the best thing it can (and should) do is simply to get out of the way when users want to use/adopt something. BTW - the same applies to governments.
And the IISc and IITs have been pretty good at that.
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