* Re: Why should we teach students Linux??
2007-03-05 16:16 Why should we teach students Linux?? Roel Bindels
@ 2007-03-06 17:14 ` Bill Campbell
2007-03-06 17:32 ` Vu Pham
2007-03-07 5:06 ` [ubuntu-marketing] " Melissa Draper
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From: Bill Campbell @ 2007-03-06 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-users, ubuntu-marketing, linux-wlan-user, linux-fsdevel
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007, Roel Bindels wrote:
>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.
>
Don't so-called educational institutions always push diversity?
Linux is based on Unix, the same source that Microsoft went to to get most
of its ideas (although they have never figured out security) since
purchasing a CP/M port to Intel chips from Seattle Computer, the first
manifestations being the hierarchical file system in DOS 2.0.
Adding Linux to the curriculum could provide students with background in
secure, multi-user systems, and a development model based on integrating
small components into useful systems in contrast to Windows which never has
implemented effective security, and tends towards huge monolithic programs
which are difficult to maintain and debug.
Linux also provides the source code so interested students have the ability
to really understand what's going on under the hood. When I started using
Xenix in 1982 (a Microsoft port of Unix to the Radio Shack Model 16), I
learned a lot by examining system scripts to see how things were done.
One of the major differences between folks competent in Linux and Unix and
Windows ``experts'' is that the *nix people usually start by trying to
analyse and fix problems while MCSEs only know the Three R's of Windows,
Reboot, Reboot, Reinstall.
Bill
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2007-03-05 16:16 Why should we teach students Linux?? Roel Bindels
2007-03-06 17:14 ` Bill Campbell
@ 2007-03-07 5:06 ` Melissa Draper
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Melissa Draper @ 2007-03-07 5:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Roel Bindels
Cc: ubuntu-marketing, netdev, linux-wlan-user, arch, linux-fsdevel,
linux-users, linux-newbie, Richard Weideman, ubuntu-education
Roel Bindels wrote:
> 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
>
Roel,
I recently interviewed Richard Weideman (who I am adding to the CC so he
can comment directly) for an article about Edubuntu. One of the comments
he made was:
"Kids who learn to use a computer from scratch are not afraid of
Linux or OpenOffice.org. They concentrate on the learning task at
hand, and they learn to use whatever the tool is put in front of
them. If some of those kids graduate to a work environment using
Linux or OpenOffice.org, they will have no problem. If the new work
environment uses Windows, they will adjust without any issues. Some
of them will even propose OpenOffice.org or Linux at work, and help
their new company to migrate and save money."
You can read the full article at
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/20/197251
--
Sincerely
Melissa Draper
http://www.meldraweb.com
Phone: 0404 595 395
(intl): +61 404 595 395
P.O Box 1412
Lavington, NSW 2641
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