Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:12:42 +0530 From: Apurba Jyoti Majumder Dear Professionals, I do agree with Mr. Vinod Kumar Mishra Open Source Software is available freely but the training and instalation is not free. Delnet is charging lots of money for that. the cost of workshop is 3500 +Accomodation charges. is it possible for an organisation or individual to pay this much money for a free software. we only advocate free software but the training should also be provided free with the help of Govt. of India. The National Knowledge Commission has also advocated Open Acces. Now it is the turn of the professionals to think about that. Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Deptt. of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University. Guwahati- 781014 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388