Tirupur association trains partners on open source

Tirupur IT Association (TITA) recently conducted a two-day training
programming on Linux desktop and server administ­ration for dealers in Tirupur.
This was the first time training of such a kind was conducted.

“The association conducted this event with technical expertise of
Chennai-based Lynus Academy (a training academy). The training saw enthusiastic
participation from partners,” informed K Ravichandran, President, TITA.

The participants were introduced to Linux, with hands on experience in
installation, configuration and trouble­shooting. Ubuntu 8.04 was used for
desktop and CentOS 5 and Fedora 7 were used for server installation.

Tirupur partners attending the training program

With Microsoft resuming its anti-piracy drive across the state, Tirupur IT
association's training on the open source front seems to be a counter act to
that. However, Ravichandran rejected the observation. “The primary objective of
this training was to obtain knowledge in open source components and not for
counte­ring any activity of Microsoft,” he said.