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Re: [ossig] University curriculum for OSS?



> > or, the value of free software and ethics ..
> 
> how do you teach/tell a student of the value of free software? this is
> an attitude that must be mastered, not learnt. it comes with playing
> with free software, appreciating it, using it thoroughly, contributing
> to it, etc... 

This corresponds with my personal experience. For a long long long long
time I thought that Stallman was on crack for advocating Free software.
It was only when I coding _with_ FOSS that I realized the importance of
Stallman's crusade.

The value of FOSS is only gained when one actively uses it.

-- 
Ditesh Kumar
Ameba6 Solutions Sdn. Bhd.

"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits
is, of course, in a state of sin." 	- John Von Neumann


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