I agree with Ambar here (whatever I can make out of that part of his
post which is written in English <g,d&r>). If we're aiming to
popularise Linux in schools, one (though not the only) argument we
have to present is cost. If after installing Linux we say, `However
you still need to purchase Turbo C (or any other DOS/Win app)', we
lose that advantage.
Further, I personally feel that we should try to promote Linux as a
complete replacement for all the schools' requirements. Promoting a
mix of Linux and DOS/Windows weakens our case significantly since it
projects Linux as an incomplete and consequently undesirable
solution. Remember, we are fighting years of inertia here, and cannot
afford to have any chinks in our armour at all.
I'm glad this discussion came up, since it enables us to look deeper
into a school's requirements and determine what we can provide to meet
them. There's RHIDE for Linux, which (from the one screenshot I saw)
appears to look and work exactly like Turbo C. Anyone willing to
evaluate that in terms of usefulness to schools?
Regards,
-- Raju
>>>>> "Ambar" == Ambar Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ambar> in fact i am quite confident that tc++ wud run inside
Ambar> dosemu. ;) I last checked dosemu b4 the first pcq linux
Ambar> came out, and even then it did work with most of the
Ambar> apps. And TC++ is not one of the misbehaved dos apps that
Ambar> can't be run from inside a dosemu style emulator.
Ambar> The graphics.h functions were not in the cbse course last
Ambar> time i checked. And if some1 is really that intrested,
Ambar> they can always use glut/opengl for some really good
Ambar> graphics ;)
--
Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
It is the mind that moves
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