Joseph U r right. In my days i.e 93 - 97, I remember that my facvulty (Agriculture) and Technology were the only ones that had computer labs. I think plus a few smatterings in the Computer Science department. Tech guys were notorious at time time for bringing their virus laden diskettes to use the "fast" PCs in the Agric Lab. Dos and Win 3.x was the rule at that time. As I speak now, almost all faculties have up2 date labs with decent PCs, networks in place and an internet connection not forgetting the campus wide fibre (damn!!!). DICTS (the IT support body of Makerere University) now manages all the firewalls for the various labs and currently implements them on PCs with flach cards. They have even gone ahead to customise their own "Linux". This is surely progress IMHO.
Ernest dont u think so ? Wire > I disagree partly especially with the issue of the labs. Today there is > a big difference. Take an example of the computer labs. You should see > for yourself how many computer labs have been setup around the campus > and the fact that they have Internet Acess which is really a credit for > the university administration. If we look at other labs e.g. the fluid > mechanics lab in faculty of technology, I agree with you totally. The > same equipment that was there 20yrs back is really what is there today > too. I concur with you on the issue of the syllabus at least in the > faculty of technology. It is indeed the same as far as I can tell from > asking the old people who were there 20yrs back. However, changes are > being made slowly as far as I can tell e.g. this year CAD packages like > Solid Edge, Unigraphics are being introduced to replace engineering > drawing by hand. > > Joseph. > > > >> >> blame it on kags? >> >> ernest. >> > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug -- "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though. As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade." Bill Gates as Quoted by C|Net News.com --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
