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- From: pratten@csd.uwo.ca (A Warren Pratten)
- Subject: Re: Brilliant idea: Linux as Homework!
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:14:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.225730.3162@tc.cornell.edu> kutcha@eos.acm.rpi.edu (Phillip Rzewski) writes:
- >
- > At Siena College where I go we have talked our OpSys
- >prof into ordering a 486 with 120 megs of disk space so we can put Linux on
- >it. After installing SLS and letting him get a feel for it, I'll probably
- >offer to port all his current software for OpSys lab over to Linux, in return
- >for independent study credit over the summer. And, of course, since he thinks
- >I'm such a cool guy, he'll be very much into the idea.
- >
- > Provided he likes Linux when we install it. The machine is still in the
- >mail. But mark my words, it will arrive. I'm sure if everything works out
- >and there is a room full of OpSys students using Linux next year I'll post
- >a big success story message here about it.
- >
-
- I was telling one of the profs here (at the University of Western Ontario)
- about Linux and suggested that it would make an ideal basis for an Operation
- Systems course especially since the source code is available. He seemed keen
- on the idea but whether that translates into action remains to be seen.
-
- In the mean time I am working on the CompSci students here to give Linux a
- try.
-
- --
- A Warren Pratten
- Email: Pratten@csd.uwo.ca
-