On 06/02/07 10:10, Daniel Watkins wrote: > Andrew Price wrote: >>> I know of at least one module in my computer science course that is >>> being taught specifically with Microsoft tools. "Building Reliable Web >>> Applications" I think it's called. Makes me wonder if MS are paying the >>> Comp Sci department to provide that module. > I very much doubt that's the case. There's certainly no reason to claim > that Microsoft don't have a large market share of any given > computer-related market...
I'm well aware of Microsoft's considerable market share, I just don't want to be locked into their business model. I assure you my above suspicion is based on the fact that it's a very specialised and platform-specific module among so many generalised computer science modules and not because I have an irrational zealous hatred of Microsoft :) Had the module been taught using an open, freely available, platform-independent technology for which a tool/IDE could be written for any operating system - and hence the acquired skills would have been general and transferable - I might have taken it a lot more seriously. IMHO, learning to use development tools that can only be used on Windows; tools that will probably be obsolete by the time I graduate anyway, does not make for a well rounded computer science education. That's why I felt the module seemed out of place and why I'm reluctant to take it. I guess, had I felt otherwise, we wouldn't be having this conversation on this mailing list :) -- Andy Price IRC: welshbyte http://andrewprice.me.uk -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
