Re: [OS:N:] Linux in Universities

["Jeremiah T. Moree" <moreejt pcxperience com>]

Actually, most windows users only know how to play games and browse the
internet--and that's all they really want.  The internet is pretty easy
to fix and the game issue has made a little progress with wine/winex.

Dennis Brown wrote:
> I noticed when I went to the RHTOUR yesturday, there were a lot of people 
> using Linux at work there in St. Louis.  Like I said, we are a few years 
> behind.  I've been debating on doing a cross-platform professional type of 
> experience (I would only have to take 3 test for the Admin cert from "you 
> know who") since it seems that "other company", has most companies stuck with 
> their OS.  I could see where no company would want to completely switch over 
> losing the money they spent on EULAs and such, but they need to at least get 
> Linux workstations incorperated here.  Another reason is that we have a lack 
> of Linux users that know how to do more than play games, and browse the 
> internet.  I guess our demand is too low now.
> 
> 	I've been thinking of migrating to St. Louis, since 1, it's one of my 
> favorite cities, and 2, there does seem to be a lot of Linux around there. 
> I'm thinking staying here would be a somewhat good idea to try to make people 
> aware that Linux is a real issue that companies need to notice.  On the down 
> side, they pay pennies here for just about any IT job.
> 
> On Thursday 07 November 2002 19:48, MET wrote:
> 
>>I can see why that would be true, however, at least at Syracuse
>>University its not quite so.  The 'big' machines are all running old
>>versions of Solaris and are slowly being upgraded to FreeBSD and RH
>>Linux, we lose our last final mainframe this semester.  And believe it
>>or not, 99% of our labs are running Windows (a bootable mix btw
>>98/NT/2k).  The few labs that aren't generally run Solaris, which, like
>>the servers, needed replacement years ago.
>>
>>~ Matthew
>>
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>>What I have noticed here in ST. Louis--and please someone correct me if
>>needed--is that schools that have been in computers for a while, have
>>unix and a mix of platforms but those that started computer programs
>>recently are all windows based.
>>
>>Sivakumaran Raman wrote:
>>
>>>I am a University of Minnesota student (in the MS
>>>Program in Health Informatics) and I am proud to say
>>>that the situation here in the Computer Science
>>>department is completely different from the scenario
>>>in LA that Michael Tiemann posted about. The
>>>University of Minnesota uses mainly UNIX (Solaris
>>>actually) and Linux in its labs. Students are
>>>encouraged to use the command line and get freedom
>>>from GUI and Windows dependence.
>>>
>>>Siv Raman
>>>
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