Actually finding out which Uni/Institution using Linux for which purpose would be interesting and useful. We could set up a page on LUGS wiki saying in Singapore , Linux is used in such and such schools for such and such purposes. Since you are here , could you confirm it? We could start with NUS usage of Linux and work our way to other schools.
regards Billy On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Chris Henry <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/5/09, Billy AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > To end my rant , I see almost no commitment for OSS in most educational > > institutions here. Its all student led clubs and societities. If they > want > > Actually, things are not that bad (at least not in NUS). Quite a few > research groups are using Linux exclusively as it's free and, more > importantly, easily customized to the needs of the group. My research > group is one of them. We exclusively use Fedora (and some Ubuntu and > Debian where Fedora fails to work--and we lazy people refuse to > troubleshoot too much). > > I remembered the Operating System (and IT Security) Lab exclusively > use Linux (I think it's also Fedora). Most courses are already using > some open source software already even if they are not advertising > them, such example includes (of course) Eclipse, emacs/vi, OpenSSH, > MySQL server, among others. > > Lastly, we probably shouldn't be too myopic to blame instructors and > institution solely. I know Microsoft spend quite a lot of money by > giving free (as in "free-of-charge") softwares, including Windows, > Visual Studio, SQL Server, etc. (MS is not the only one; Sybase, > Oracle, etc. are also giving away software in exchange for courses > using them; and they're useful because they are software industry may > use in the future). > > Institution must also take into account that interest in CS/IT is > dwindling and using Linux right away at the beginning will scare away > students. > > I do think that we should have more exposure to OSS, but I believe > those days will come sooner rather than later. > > Cheers, > > > -- > Chris > [email protected] > +65 9755 3292 > http://www.google.com/profiles/chrishenry.ni > > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >
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