My recent posts on the state of free software in Kerala, have drawn flak from several pseudo free software activists. Some of them have even called me an agent of Microsoft. I think this post is going to generate some more heat and the pun is intentional.
Recently Kerala State IT mission and C-DIT have launched a new initiative called Centre for advanced training in free and open source software(CATFOSS). You can read about the objectives of the centre in this lengthy article. ( Google cache here)
Last week CATFOSS announced admission to a six month training program in advanced free and open source software. As an academic, I was interested in this novel program. I looked at the website and discovered several interesting information.
