Lets see 1st of all , nasa always used Apple , and they switched to Red Hat Linux Lately in parallel: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/News/Archive/2007/08_22_07.html
I guess what we need to do in a university is a bit less than an installation fest, it should be a series of conceptual lectures as well as look, feel, and try your self sessions. & not to forget the free distributions , and an installation seminar. it would be a hit if we do this in an ordinary day at uni, this will assure a much more audience than a saturday (according to previous experience, the percentage was 250:25 ) it would be nice if we do one such event in JUST, and another in Yarmouk,,,, maybe we can do both same time, a bunch of people to the right, others to the left :) just a thought my ta3reeftein out there :P On Jan 23, 2008 5:54 AM, Abdallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wassalam Alaikum wr wb > > On Jan 22, 2008 10:29 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > As'salamu Alaikom wr wb. > > > > Guys.. I know I might sound like a brat here but I just have a > > suggestion. > > > > > No. actually brats are the ones who whine and never ask for anything. > > > > > > > How about arranging a Linux conference in a place like Yarmouk > > University, for example, or at any other place you prefer in Irbid? > > > > I think we can arrange for something giving the right setup. > > We will need: > > - A place for lecture or presenmtation > - A local team (1 person minimum) to handle booking place, getting > permissions, hand out flyers, post announcements on campus, chair the > session, present the speaker, setup projectors... > > - A bunch of Jolugers will make the trip if it is on a non work day. > > > > > > > > > The reason for this is that I'm getting really pissed off watching how > > these people here idolize Microsoft as if it was the Lord of > > technology and that nobody can even be close to them in strength and > > might and quality..!! >< > > > > Please guys, the people here don't even know what Linux is! > > One day I was talking to a friend and I told him I'm considering > > switching from Windows to Linux, and the first expression he made was > > "Why? You wanna upload shells to you domain?", > > > I don't understand what that means. > > > > > and of course, this is > > the most stupid thing I've ever heard. Worse, when we started arguing > > about which is better, he said " Do not compare something made by a > > bunch of "schoolboys" (meaning Linux) to something that was made by > > professionals who spent their whole lives writing code and developing > > operating systems" > > > > OK. Here is the mistake that many are falling into. > > > All definitions of Linux start with: Linux is a UNIX like OS. > > You have all that great heritage built into it with the twist of GNU and > Open Source added in in the last 20 years or so. > > I started using Linux partly because it looked exactly like the Sun OS > account at my university in early nineties. I coveted that root access so > much too. > > I was able to use the exact facilities like, pine, lynx, emacs, vi, cc, > mail, netscape, mosaic, x window, and such. Taking over the wold was a much > later idea. > > Cutting edge technologies and innovations were not showing on the lesser > platforms. Web browsers like Netscape and Mosaic existed on UNIX and UNIX > like OSs first and slowly appeared on others because their underlying > structure was not made with multitasking in mind. > > Unix was a multiuser and multitasking design right from the start. Early > seventies. Today Linux as a UNIX like OS is running everything from your > cell phone to supper computers running the phone company itself. Your > friend, if he has an gram of intelligence, must realize that an OS booting > on such a plethora of hardware is not the result of a bunch of kids picking > their noses. Can he imagine being able to run his favorite OS on Apple > hardware? Sun hardware? IBM hardware? Amiga? and the list goes on and > on........ > > It is a pity that a computer science student in a Jordanian university is > not exposed to anything but PC platform. Professors of such institutions > must be ashamed of themselves. They are cheating their students because they > are very lazy to say the least. > > I think we should add some history lessons to our web site. (note to > self) > > > > > > > and then he claimed that even NASA uses Microsoft, > > which I have no single idea where he brought that information from, > > but anyhow... > > > > > There are no Microsoft products anywhere in mission critical system any > where in organizations like NASA. > > > > > > > So please people, take your time to think it through, but please do > > your best to accept this suggestion. > > > OK. ok.. You twisted our arm. We accept. :D > > > > > > You just accept it and leave the "negotiation with the principals" > > part to me. > > > > Kewl. We await your plan. > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for everything. :) > > > > You are very welcome. > > > Wassalam Alaikum wr wb > > Abdallah > > > > -- Nasim Al-Tamimi Software Developer Jordan: +962788787064 URL: www.nasimjo.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
