Hi Tim,
Yes, support doesn't necessarily have to be extended by a corporate
entity. I mentioned support from the perspective of having ready answers for
how-to's and such queries. If a community can actively provide that expertise,
the purpose is well served. To answer why OS deserves its place in the
curriculum, Solaris has for long been hailed as the most stable and advanced
among all the unix flavors. Basic Operating System features like the threads,
the scheduler, security etc are so well implemented that OS merits a presence
in the curriculum as a case study at least. Perhaps, the edu community can
enlighten us on initiatives being taken up on that front.
Thanks & Regards,
Bharath
Tim Foster <Tim.Foster at Sun.COM> wrote:
Hey Bharath
Yep, that makes perfect sense : of course, OpenSolaris is already
absolutely free - but yes, there should be some contact between the
OpenSolaris community and universities everywhere. Thankfully, there
already is !
There are guys who I believe are looking at this stuff at
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/edu/
I've Cc:d that list on this email (sorry for the cross-post)
I'd have loved it if my university had OpenSolaris instead of Linux on
the curriculum for a whole load of reasons, but I don't want to risk a
flamewar, so I'll stop there!
Perhaps the -edu folks have ideas that can help implement your excellent
suggestion ?
The question of support is one I don't know how to answer (I'm kinda
busy as is, and probably couldn't cope with taking it on myself ;-) At
the very least though, getting OpenSolaris into university curriculums
can be done *now* and perhaps support could be provided through general
interaction with the community ? Not everything has to be donated from a
corporate entity...
Thanks for the suggestion though - I think it's a good one.
cheers,
tim
> In addition, they also take time to impart training (through
> developers located in the vicinity of the institutions) in the
> relevant concepts involved. For instance, a University that governs
> colleges around Bangalore mandates that the Linux environment be used
> to carry out minor projects in related to Operating Systems in general
> & Unix in particular. Linux is advocated primarily because it's free.
> Would it not be a good idea to publicize OS and impress upon the Univs
> the importance of OS to the area of Operating Systems? So, Operating
> Systems courses could involve Solaris as a case study & use OS (which
> is free) in their projects. That'd help get word around even better, i
> thought (and you have students with the knowledge of Solaris
> graduating out). Like I mentioned earlier, this is just an observation
> I made. Comments welcome.
> Regards,
> Bharath
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