Dear Karthik, Sorry, the original message that I posted under the thread "50 Open Solaris School Computers" does not form part of this message. This message contains the last two messages of that message thread with the new thread headline "Challenge: Teaching .... "
In brief, the original message was about offering a learning solution to a school that wants to buy computers for its students who have to learn Vbasic, Microsoft Windows, Star Office, C+ and Java. The school wanted to go in for a Windows computer, I am trying to convince them to opt for Solaris. The Solaris computers are to be given to the school if a solution for handling the Microsoft part of Syllabus can be offered. Dual Boot or VMware ? Which one is most suitable ? Which one is less expensive ? Thank you. Sivasubramanian. On 4/12/07, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <shiva.madras at gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Karthik, > > Please scroll down and read the original post under the thread head "50 > Solaris school computers". > > The question is if there is a computer with Sun Solaris operating system, > learning Star Office and java becomes easier. But the student also has to > learn windows and Vbasic. > > How does he do that on a computer with Sun Solaris O/s ? Is Dual Boot with > Windows as additional O/S the only way out ? Or can Zen help? These are to > be standalones, low cost desktop computers, is Zen a good idea ? And with > Zen can a student do his exercises on his Vbasic and Internet Explorer ? > > Thank you. > Sivasubramanian. > > On 4/12/07, Karthic Somalinga <karthic.sr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I suppose there is some misunderstanding about Solaris here. > > I wonder how somebody can learn Microsoft Windows on Solaris Machine > > (unless they understood Solaris as a hardware). > > > > - Karthic > > > > On 4/12/07, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <shiva.madras at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > The following syllabus information is received from the school: > > > > > > XI Std. > > > > > > June July > > > > > > An Introduction to Computers Volume 1 > > > Number Systems > > > An Introduction to Windows > > > Windows Explorer, computers, Communications > > > > > > August > > > > > > Internet > > > > > > September > > > > > > HTML - An Introduction to html - some more tags, Beyond the basics I & > > > II, Developing Webpages > > > > > > October > > > > > > Flow Charts Volume II > > > Elements of C Language > > > Simple C programs > > > Control Structures > > > > > > November > > > > > > Loop Structures > > > > > > December > > > > > > Arrays and Structures > > > Functions, Library Functions > > > > > > January > > > > > > Files > > > > > > Standard XII > > > > > > June > > > > > > Star Office Writer > > > Text Formatting > > > Spell Check & Corrections > > > Working With Tables > > > > > > July > > > > > > Page Formatting > > > Spread Sheet > > > Database > > > > > > August > > > > > > Mutlimedia Introduction > > > Star Office Impress > > > Object Oriented Concepts using C+ > > > Overview of C+ > > > > > > September > > > > > > Basic Statements > > > Functions > > > > > > October > > > > > > Structured Data types -Arrays > > > Classes and Objects > > > Polymorphisms > > > > > > November > > > > > > Constuctors and Destructors > > > Inherittance > > > Impact of Computers on Society > > > > > > December > > > > > > IT enabled Services > > > Comptuer Ethics > > > > > > This is for Standards XI and XII. From next academic year onwards, Std > > > VI onwards will have subjects like Visual Basic, Java and additional > > > subjects. > > > > > > At a later stage Open Solaris can work with the authorities to > > > rationalize the syllabus and suggest an improved syllabus, but for now, > > > how > > > do I say that Solaris is better for this syllabus ? > > > > > > How would students learn Microsoft Windows on a Solaris machine ? > > > > > > Thank you > > > Sivasubramanian. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/5/07, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy < shiva.madras at gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear Shivakumar, Moinack and Sriram, > > > > > > > > you have given me a wealth of information. This morning I prepared a > > > > pdf on Solaris features which summarises the overall features, now I > > > > will > > > > convince him with the inputs that you have given. > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > Sivasubramanian. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/5/07, Moinak Ghosh <Moinak.Ghosh at sun.com > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Sriram Popuri wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) Is system administation more difficult or more > > > > > complicated > > > > > > in Solaris ? What he probably wants to know is whether > > > > > > solaris has GUI interfaces on the desktop for at least > > > > > the > > > > > > common system adminstrative tasks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You can use Solaris Management Console. > > > > > > type smc (/usr/sbin/smc) in a terminal or click from the > > > > > menu. This > > > > > > will bringup a window through which you can manage many things. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > > > > Storage services: > > > > > > > > > > Um ... it is recommended to use Storage Services for viewing > > > > > only. > > > > > There are > > > > > a few bugs here that can cause unintended disk formatting! > > > > > > > > > > In addition JDS (GNOME) from Solaris Express Build 54 onwards > > > > > has > > > > > additional > > > > > nice GUIs for managing Users and Groups, Configure Network > > > > > without > > > > > rebooting > > > > > etc. Just go to Main Menu -> Administration and Main Menu -> > > > > > Preferences. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Moinak. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > ug-bosug mailing list > > > > > List-Unsubscribe: mailto:ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org > > > > > List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org > > > > > List-Archives: > > > > > http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > ug-bosug mailing list > > > List-Unsubscribe: mailto: ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org > > > List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org > > > List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > A good question never has a good answer > > _______________________________________________ > > ug-bosug mailing list > > List-Unsubscribe: mailto: ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org > > List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org > > List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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