Re: annoyances digest, Vol 1 #76 - 8 msgs

> >>Sawan,
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> >>While I agree in principle about the goodness of unix/linux, etc., I
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> >>concerned that young people coming out of school need to get JOBS and=20
> >>*part* of the University's role to give them the training and
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> >>they need to enter the world of work.
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> >>The ugly truth is that there are a lot of shops out there that run
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> >>MS products.
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> >>While the student might get a better education if they only learn=20
> >>linux/unix, they might not be as well equipped for the work force if
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> >>don't know MS stuff too (regardless of the quality or worthwhileness
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> >>MS products).
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> >>Students and there parents are well advised to consider all angles of
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> >>and address such questions with the CS department heads.
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> >>Jay

Hello Jay.

Agree with the above. I think that if you look a bit closely at the units
being offered by the Uni you will find that there ARE some MS  based
courses offered by the computing guys or IT/Bizness or something. Your
child could take these as options and round out his skills. But beware the
fish saying (as mentioned here) "Teach a man to fish.....". Learning MS
stuff is like that....sure your child will get a nice job with some
company using the current products, but what happens when the current
products suddenly disappear? For example, take some MS technologies like
DCOM which they were hyping really hard a few years ago. Imagine your
child being taught those in Uni. Suddenly all focus shifts to .NET. Where
are all his DCOM skill going to go now? Instead of that, make sure your
child learns stuff like adaptability and willingness to try out new stuff
as well as curiosity and a will to explore. This means encourage her to
try out Linux, Free BSD, Windows, BeOS, OS X...whatever. You will find
that in Universities there are a lot of diverse environments are around
for her to explore.

As for some of the posts here saying that teaching only Linux will not
expose them to Doze...its practically impossible to avoid Doze!! think of
all the games...where can you play them but on Doze.

Again sorry for all this offtopic stuff.