Why should we teach students Linux??
Hello listers, I'm tutor on the Faculty ICT, department NID. This is a bachelor degree and we are preparing our students to become something more then just System Administrators (such as manager, consulting, etc). Since this department is part of the Microsoft camp, the students are educated mostly in this direction, which I think is not a bad thing. A better thing would be if we could give our students the opportunity to meat both the systems on the same level, at least, that is my opinion. To change a curriculum of a study, I need a solid case. So if somebody knows a link/document about why we should educate our students in the Linux OS, please send it. Or article about the usage of Linux in company's. I hope you will all take some time to send me your best links/documents. with best regards Roel Bindels - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe netdev in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: anthropology of linux: help needed
m a a [EMAIL PROTECTED] ac uk schreef: Hello, This is a rather strange e-mail for these mailing lists, I know. I am a third year Social Anthropology student in the University of Durham doing my dissertation (thesis) on the Anthropology of GNU/Linux. I would really appreciate if you could help me out and offer some of your time to fill in the questionnaire below- it will only take 2 minutes. Replies will be confidential and everything in the dissertation will be anonymous. Results will be e-mailed to participants upon request. Thanks in advance, and... enjoy! Maria Kastrinou QUESTIONS: 1. When did you start using GNU/Linux OS? 6 years ago 2. What is your level of involvement? newbie/ user/ developer (delete as appropriate) developer 3. Why are you using Linux? I like it more than the alternatives 4. Is Linux fun? How? It's safe, flexibel 5. Which distribution of Linux do you use? For clients I normaly use SuSE - sometimes Ubuntu, for servers I use debian. 6. What in your opinion constitutes a ¡good hack¢? Since hacking is not a negative thing, I think a good hack is some code that does the job and also is very nice developed 7. Would you describe yourself as a ¡hacker¢? if hacker is equelent to software developer, yes. If it is somebody that cracks (cracker) code then no. 8. Which super-hero (apart from Tux) do you think would represent Linux best? I don't believe superheroes excists. Linux does.. 9. Describe Microsoft OS in one word. buggy 10. How do you view the recent patent agreement between Microsoft and Novell? I think NOVELL is a big boy and can play it's own game. 11. GNU GPL, copyleft and freedom of speech: good, bad or irrelevant? very good 12. How many Linux mailing lists are you a member of? 10 13. Would you reply to a question sent through Linux mailing lists and why? No ;), open communication 14. Microsoft vs. Linux: cathedral vs. bazaar or something altogether different? Commercial vs Non-Commercial 15. Open Source or Free Software? Open Source Personal Information: a) Age: 29 b) Gender: Male c) Occupation: Tutor d) Your current geographic location: Netherlands Any other comments? Nope Would you like me to e-mail you the results? YES/ NO Put them on the list ;) Hope you enjoyed it! THANK YOU! Maria - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-gcc in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe netdev in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
