I agree with most of your points, but M$ often introduces irregularities into their concepts that result in
1) specialization of knowledge 2) specialization of tooling 3) long term commitments to M$ platform The fact is that M$ had designed programs to make sure that students learn M$ technologies over other competing brands. This was seen as a long term real estate investment in the space between your ears. A similar conflict was seen with the OLPC units. Hope this helps. -jmz On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Nadim Hoque<nadimho...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think it really matters. The whole point of cs is to teach theory and > algorithm design so it doesn't matter the os. I'm currently a cs at asu and > thus far my professors don't really care about os just as long as you can > develop the current language. The labs do teach development under windows but > that's because everyone in class uses windows and not because they hate open > source matter in fact many use linux or unix. If you do java than they don't > care just as long as you have the jdk. Funny thing is that they use a linux > server to check your program. Hope this helps > ------Original Message------ > From: Joshua Zeidner > Sender: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To: Main PLUG discussion list > ReplyTo: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: Colleges that support Free Software? > Sent: Jul 12, 2009 13:49 > > If you are serious about the Computer Science discipline, I would > recommend ASU. My professor at SUNY taught everything in GNU, but it > seemed the attitude changed somewhere around 2000. This coincided > with a lot of people hanging around campus in suits and briefcases. > Although some may not find it exciting, make sure you get a good > grounding in math and computation theory. If that isn't your thing, > then pursue a degree in media or arts. > > -jmz > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Ryan Rix<phrkonale...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> I am going to be a senior in high school next year so it is time for me to >> start looking at which colleges I would be interested in attending. >> Basically I am looking to take up a degree in CS, simple and easy. >> >> One of the factors I'd like to look into in regards to those colleges I apply >> at is how do they support Free Software in their CS curriculum. It's fairly >> important to me that I am able to develop under a Free operating system in >> the >> CS courses that I choose to take, and am not forced to develop under Windows. >> >> Does anyone have any experince with Free Software universities, or any >> resources that have information on them? >> >> Ryan >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > Nadim Hoque > Cell: 480-518-6235 > Address: 6302 West Kent Drive > Chandler, Arizona 85226 > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
