Hi P. Maybe we should discuss why MUK students are not using linux. After all this is the LUG (not the AUG ;-)
When we went to the presentation of the third year students last year we saw a lot of php/mysql applications. These just run and install much nicer on linux. That, in a normal world, would be a benifit for the students. As MUK is preparing students for the real world, and in the real world, php & mysql applications run on linux & apache mostly, training students in that setup is also not a bad idea. Well, i am preaching for my own church (and the AUG guys) again. Is there anything we can do to make that clear to MUK tutors & students? rgds, reinier On Wednesday 16 April 2008 06:24:52 P. A. Bagyenda wrote: > Indeed it would be sad. > PC market share made Intel great. It lowered prices, and powered the > Mhz war. It is doubtful that their chips were ever better, > architecture-wise or in terms of raw speed. Even today. take a look at > the Power 6 chip that IBM is touting recently. Or for that matter > Sun's UltraSPARC 'Niagara' range. Can't Touch This, as MC Hammer would > say! > > The other day I had to explain to a bewildered second year (MUK) > class why Java and its machine-independence was such a big deal way > back then. They have grown up in a world where Computer = Intel = > Windows, and can't understand all the fuss. (Sadly, Linux is not much > in the running there, for reasons too long to recount.) > > P. > > On Apr 15, 2008, at 21:17, Niles Collins wrote: > > > Yeah, intel chips are better than Power PC chips, but i have very > > little experience with Power PC chips. I always felt that if one > > company dominated the PC chip market then that would stop > > innovation. AMD makes great chips and that is all i buy but they are > > still derivatives of the i386 architecture which i believe is an > > intel standard. Intel seems to be locking up the micro chip market. > > A lot of phone are going to start using their Atom processor now. > > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Mark Tinka > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Niles Collins wrote: > > > > > Apple should have > > > stayed with IBM and Power PC chips if they wanted to stop > > > this from happening. > > > > Not a strong-enough case to ignore more superior > > microprocessors (or so I think). You see even Cisco are > > departing from Motorola Freescale and IBM's PPC in favour > > of Intel-driven control planes. > > > > Copy-catting is a fact of life - Apple should figure out how > > to deal with it. > > > > Mark. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible > > for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
