On 24 February 2012 15:11, Matt Giuca wrote:
> Ah, then, yes I wholeheartedly agree. A student should be able to work in
> whatever operating system they wish. I don't feel it *should* be staff
> members' duty to provide support for shall we say "unusual" operating
> systems (although it would be
> "I think it's far more realistic to have a uni support free software on a
> proprietary OS than proprietary software on a free OS."
> I meant what students can run themselves on their own computers and still
> have the ability to complete their coursework and meet submission
> requirements withou
On 24 February 2012 12:03, Brian May wrote:
> Do any courses/subjects require the use of Linux?
>
> If you can get a lecturer complaining to IT that the computers aren't
> suitable for their subject, it would help. I think.
>
> If Linux is not considered a requirement, then that is why they don't
> At the moment, you can't do it with fully free software (at least at
> Monash). Sometimes even required to use proprietary windows only software.
>
> - free software tools
>
> Sometimes actively encouraged, sometimes not permitted. Never seen it
> encouraged due to being free software, always a
Seems to be a big improvement over when I went to RMIT.
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:27:25AM +1100, Bianca Gibson wrote:
>- doing your course with free software - Andy K
>
> At the moment, you can't do it with fully free software (at least at
> Monash). Sometimes even required to use proprietar
On 24 February 2012 11:27, Bianca Gibson wrote:
> - lab computer
>
> At Monash the IT lab computers dual boot windows and some distro I can't
> remember, but they keep that distro really out of date and don't even
> install dev tools on it in IT labs. One of my tutors last semester thinks
> it's
Following up from Bianca Gibson's comments...
At the university of Melbourne you can access the information futures report
http://www.informationfutures.unimelb.edu.au/commission/reports
which states:
To deal with globalisation of education and its infrastructure we will:
Leverage the opportu
