I observed that u only talk of UP and Ateneo. This are just two of the school we have here. UP and Ateneo may have started in Linux way back, unfortunately, other school which constitute a higher piece of the pie chart uses Windows/Novel and etc. And, as far as I know, computer corriculum in other school (mapua, la salle, adamson, ama, etc.,) doesn't have or worse, mention Linux in their class. Not to mention's a lot of them have contracts to teach M$.
They just realize that they need to learn Linux once they apply or get hired. This is true to some of the students we have encountered. So, I believe that private sector is more into linux than the academe if we look at the greater proportions --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:40:28PM +0800, William > Emmanuel S. Yu wrote: > > > > general adoption came much later when it was > already picking up steam > > in the private sector (ISPs were already using it > long before a major > > Ateneo mail/web server moved to Linux). > > While this is partially true, it's not quite > accurate, at least from my > experience in UP Diliman. As early as 1995 UP > Diliman had a whole lab > of nearly two dozen machines all running an early > version of Slackware, > that was used in lieu of the old Turbo C/MS-DOS > system that was > previously used for elementary programming classes > (Johann Tagle, I am > sure, remembers very well what sort of a nightmare > the old system was to > administer, and it was for this reason that they > made the move). The > CompSci department here at UPD was using Linux in > the same way at around > the same time for its programming courses. > Throughout my time there, the > EEE laboratories were using Linux heavily, most > especially in the > instrumentation, control, and robotics (right, > Orly?), and the computer > networking laboratories. > > It would be inaccurate to characterize "wide > adoption" for universities > and academe with the migration of their core servers > from proprietary > OSes to Linux. I think a more accurate measure for > a university or > academic insitution would be the use of Linux in the > classroom / > computer laboratory environment and in its use by > students and faculty > in general for their own independent study. This > is, after all, the > core function of a university! > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go > to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
