On Monday 11 May 2009, Joerg wrote: > al davis wrote: > > On Monday 11 May 2009, Joerg wrote: > >> I just hope universities don't rely on that route alone > >> when teaching RF design. > > > > Why not? It's no worse than some of the other choices they > > make, including some that you vigorously defend. > > Like what?
Microsoft Windows. > > Considering how much proprietary stuff they rely on, and by > > doing so they reject real opportunities for learning, > > System-C as a sole way to teach a particular part of the > > curriculum seems rather benign. > > It's ok as long as they don't neglect real HW design and > testing, with solder irons and all. I have found younger > candidates to be seriously lacking in that respect. There > comes a time when us older guys can't help them anymore. The > topper was a professor at my university who said that soon > everything will be ICs, that transistors and most of that > discrete stuff would go away. I burst into laughter in the > auditorium, a bit embarrassing ... I agree with you, on this and on your original statement. Speaking of the "younger candidates" .. What is the biggest difference between EE education now and years ago when I was a student (1970).???? Answer: When I was a student we had schematics of our hardware and source for our software, and we could study them. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user