tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post113327090742846163..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: 100 dollar laptops will be sold ...Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1133411849574645002005-12-01T10:07:00.000+05:302005-12-01T10:07:00.000+05:30You are absolutely right, Pablo! There are indeed ...You are absolutely right, Pablo! There are indeed quite a few examples of this sort of stuff. Many small institutions catering to niche areas owe their existence to this tendency among the funding agencies. Leaving the universities to suffer. <BR/><BR/>But, it is a rant for some other day!Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1133317123919625122005-11-30T07:48:00.000+05:302005-11-30T07:48:00.000+05:30Hello,"That money is better spent elsewhere" I ful...Hello,<BR/><BR/>"That money is better spent elsewhere" I fully agree with you. Moreover, I see a problem in the way the Indian gov. tries to solve many problems in education/research. Instead of giving proper, working facilities to existing institutes and universities they always go for new stuff. Take for example Internet connection: there was some UGC plan to create new institutes with high speed connections; what about improving the terribly slow connections of existing universities? This laptop issue could be in those lines: take up some "smart looking, impressive" project rather than improve what you have.<BR/><BR/>Pablo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com