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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 10:31:00 EDT
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- From: "Charles J. Wertz" <WERTZCJ@SNYBUFVA.BITNET>
- Subject: questions about the new year
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- Once again I am getting ready to teach our (applied) operating systems course.
- I draw this straw every couple years. And this time I am more confused than
- ever.
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- The trade press makes it sound as if everyone is abandoning mainframes for unix
- boxes, networked pc's, and the like. I ask myself what I should really
- emphasize in my course. I think one answer is that the basics haven't changed
- that much and I still must deliver them. But how to package them - what
- system(s) to use for examples and exercises - those are the questions.
-
- If you can spare a few minutes I'd really like to know what is happening in
- your shop. Is an MVS or VM mainframe as important as ever? Are you likely to
- abandon your 3090's for Risc/6000's or Suns in the near term? (Near term might
- be 2 - 5 years.) Are your mainframes coexisting well with networks? What
- operating systems do you want new hires to know about? etc?
-
- If you reply to me directly I'll be happy to summarize for the list. Give me a
- couple weeks or more because it may take that long for some folks to see this
- and respond.
-
- I will really appreciate the information. If I get eneough replies the summary
- might be valuable to everyone.
-
- Charlie Wertz
- Buffalo State College
-
- wertzcj@snybufva.bitnet
- wertzcj@snybufva.cs.snybuf.edu
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