On 2001.01.29 21:57:45 +0800 Edwin Linux Fan wrote:
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>
> "The Linux Operating System and applications become standard issue for
> ALL Government Schools for the following reasons:
>
Knowing them, there's always a quid pro quo somewhere...
If we change or remove "ALL", we may have a better chance.
Besides, even if it pushes through, priority will go to all the science
high schools in the country.
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> 10) C is now the beginner's language, please stop using that stupid old
> Borland Turbo C (circa 1988?) since it is PIRATED, it's OBSOLETE and
> stuck in the old MS-DOS world. C as it is included in Linux is always
> the PRODUCTION VERSION, so students actually learn USEFUL, CURRENT
> technology, thus starting with the correct foot.
>
Uhhh, I don't think so. Inprise/Borland was the first compiler company to
support open source _and_ give away it's de facto C compiler: turbo c. It
still is free.
Most if not some of us may have gotten our first taste of assembly, C and
Pascal from Borland's products.
Currently, we at the freedos list use turbo c extensively with the utimate
aim of replacing ms-dos 6.22. We compile everything under it, even our own
kernel.
For assembly, we use MASM (!), which is also given away free by M$ to their
own demise.
Lastly - before I get broiled, all our development is done under DR-DOS /
DOSEMU.
Some of the freedos members do all this in a 386. We even have a couple of
sight challenged people using text-to-speech.
Let the government know that they do not need to purchase new hardware to
do all this and more.
Paolo Carballo
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