Today, the VTU (the university that granted me my bachelor’s degree) did something incredibly smart. In one fell swoop, they have achieved what Kerala and Andhra Pradesh have been trying to do for years, in vain.
That’s right — the VTU has done the one thing that will ensure that no student of theirs will ever learn a Microsoft-related technology — a ton of Microsoft software is now part of the official curriculum.
Thank you, VTU!
Aside …
Reminds me of the “Basic Computer Skills” Lab in 3rd semester, where we had to create a document in Word and a presentation in PowerPoint. The external examiner expected you to remember exactly under which menu each random feature lay. It took her about 10 minutes to figure out that I was searching through the menus blindly after every question. :)
Not to mention 5th semester, where our DBMS lecturer tried to strong-arm me into learning Visual Basic for a project on databases. This one I managed to hold out on, and did my work in PHP+MySQL.
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hehe, i had to read it twice to understand the sarcasm :)
I’m not sure I wasn’t at least partially serious. ;P
Beats me as to what they were doing when they made such a decision.
Whatever.
Whatever rakes in the moolah, right?
you bet. millions go wasted.
http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/index.php/Campaigns:VTU-MS_Curriculum_tie_up
For one, for those who do opt in for the course, won’t need to use pirated software. And, there’ll always people who’ll end up liking the Microsoft way of development and those who don’t. It’ll be a good exposure, nevertheless. In the end, the choice always lies with the student – either he’s completely put off and turns towards OSS or goes the Microsoft-way.