being a big oracle aficianado, i cannot understand why you replaced oracle with mysql. it's true we are promoting oss, but oracle has a free version as well, and it's an rdbms engine which is different from mysql and as equally (if not more) important as it, for a student to play with. remember, rather than 'alternatives' we should look at 'equivalents'.
ironically, i stumbled across http://www.OSALT.com (open source alternative heheh), which can help us with the list. nonetheless, good job seb. james On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Sebastian Cachia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Started some work on the University OpenDisk idea Philip had. The software > in square brackets is what is currently used. I think it would be something > good to ensure all software has both a Linux and Windows version. That way > we could get students using the software on Windows, and then use their > familiarity with those packages to move them over to Linux. > > There are a number of applications I have listed, for which I know no > suitable substitute offhand. Also, I haven't included any software that > would be required in 3rd and 4th years as I haven't got there yet. > > *General Development* > - OpenJDK [JDK] > - Mono [.Net Framework] > - Eclipse or Netbeans [Eclipse or Netbeans] > - MonoDevelop [Visual Studio, Visual Studio Express Editions] > > *Functional/Declarative Programming* > - HUGS [WinHugs] > - SWI Prolog [WinProlog] > > *Diagramming* > - ? [Visio, SmartDraw]* > > Engineering* > - ? [PSpice] > - ? [Matlab] > - ? [Emu8086] > > *Databases* > - mySQL [Oracle] > - ? [WinRDBI] > > *Compiling Techniques* > - JFlex [JFlex] > > *Applied Graphic Design* > - ? [PolyRay] > > > Anyway, that is what I have so far... Anybody know of any better > alternatives, other subjects, or things I have overlooked? > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > -- James Attard http://www.madvip.net http://www.jamesattard.com
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