Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-27 Thread Atis
On 4/27/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 04/26/07 21:41, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 04/26/07 18:40, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:45:46AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/26/07 09:44, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Systems talk abo

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/26/07 21:41, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 04/26/07 18:40, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:45:46AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/26/07 09:44, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Systems talk about typ

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread Andrew J. Barr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/26/07 18:40, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:45:46AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 04/26/07 09:44, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Systems talk about types. >>> Huh? "Systems == types"? >>> >>> Th

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/26/07 18:40, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:45:46AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 04/26/07 09:44, John L Fjellstad wrote: > >>> Systems talk about types. >> Huh? "Systems == types"? >> >> Then what are types of syste

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:45:46AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/26/07 09:44, John L Fjellstad wrote: > > Systems talk about types. > > Huh? "Systems == types"? > > Then what are types of systems? Typos. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread P Kapat
On 4/24/07, Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My sense is that it's typical for universities to do the standard lock-in thing for desktop environments, i.e., most people use Windows so we do too. However, most universities also run more serious systems for servers, enterprise computing, an

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread John L Fjellstad
I just don't have time or energy for this. Sorry. -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/26/07 09:44, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [snip] >>> Used to be HP-UX, now it's Solaris. Actually, the engineering >>> lab has three systems, Solaris, Linux and Windows. >> The engineering lab at a b

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread John L Fjellstad
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Well, I only attended on US college, but Santa Clara U always had a >> UNIX lab. > > That is, after all, where SCO comes from... :) Santa Clara is not Santa Cruz. >> Used to be HP-UX, now it's Solaris. Actually, the engineering >> lab has three

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/26/07 08:23, Andrew Perrin wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> Well, I only attended on US college, but Santa Clara U always had a UNIX >>> lab. >> >> That is, after all, where SCO comes from... :) > > > Ummm... "Santa Clar

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Ron Johnson wrote: Well, I only attended on US college, but Santa Clara U always had a UNIX lab. That is, after all, where SCO comes from... :) Ummm... "Santa Clara" ne "Santa Cruz" -- Andrew J Perrin

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/24/07 12:09, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Michael Dominok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Is this typical for US-universities? >> 3 out of the 3 (german) universities I have attended were running >> *nix-system for their students/stuff. >> >> Look

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread steef
Bill Thompson wrote: On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:10:48 -0400 Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am sure this is happening all over the US, just one of the benefits of living in a corporate run state. Don't worry EU, your next. not a chance, steef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread Bill Thompson
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:10:48 -0400 Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P.S.: They start the MS training early. When I was in high >school, they offered classes on how to become >"Microsoft Office Certified" or some such nonsense. This is because Microsoft donates millions

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, John L Fjellstad wrote: Michael Dominok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Is this typical for US-universities? 3 out of the 3 (german) universities I have attended were running *nix-system for their students/stuff. Looks like "old Europe" is leading here? Well, I only attende

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread John L Fjellstad
Michael Dominok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is this typical for US-universities? > 3 out of the 3 (german) universities I have attended were running > *nix-system for their students/stuff. > > Looks like "old Europe" is leading here? Well, I only attended on US college, but Santa Clara U always

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread Amy Templeton
Michael Dominok wrote: > [Snipped Horrorstory (by Gnu Raiz)] > Gnu Raiz wrote: > > Oh if your curious about what University I attend it's > > the University of Memphis, not that it makes any > > difference. > > Is this typical for US-universities? *Sigh*...it certainly is at mine. Almost all the l

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread Matthew K Poer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Michael Dominok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Apr 24 03:33 -0500]: >> Am Dienstag, den 24.04.2007, 02:46 -0500 schrieb Gnu_Raiz: >> >> [Snipped Horrorstory] >> >>> Oh if >>> your curious about what University I attend it's the Uni

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 07:43:41AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 06:45:48AM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > This isn't typical at all; I went to SUNYIT two weeks ago to check it > > out (I submitted an application, haven't heard yet though) and most of > > their PCs run eith

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 06:45:48AM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > This isn't typical at all; I went to SUNYIT two weeks ago to check it > out (I submitted an application, haven't heard yet though) and most of > their PCs run either FreeBSD or Gentoo Linux. The non-computer science > PCs run Window

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Michael Dominok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Apr 24 03:33 -0500]: > Am Dienstag, den 24.04.2007, 02:46 -0500 schrieb Gnu_Raiz: > > [Snipped Horrorstory] > > > Oh if > > your curious about what University I attend it's the University of > > Memphis, not that it makes any difference. > > Is this

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-04-24, Michael Dominok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is this typical for US-universities? > 3 out of the 3 (german) universities I have attended were running > *nix-system for their students/stuff. > > Looks like "old Europe" is leading here? > 3 out of 3 Canadian Universities I have att

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:28:56AM +0200, Michael Dominok wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 24.04.2007, 02:46 -0500 schrieb Gnu_Raiz: > > [Snipped Horrorstory] > > > Oh if > > your curious about what University I attend it's the University of > > Memphis, not that it makes any difference. > > Is this

[OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-24 Thread Michael Dominok
Am Dienstag, den 24.04.2007, 02:46 -0500 schrieb Gnu_Raiz: [Snipped Horrorstory] > Oh if > your curious about what University I attend it's the University of > Memphis, not that it makes any difference. Is this typical for US-universities? 3 out of the 3 (german) universities I have attended w