Re: Interesting notice in REC Calicut

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <r.suresh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Atul Chitnis saw fit to inform LI that: 

>Way to go, REC Kozhikode! Can we have that notice engraved on stone and
>passed around the country?

I know literally dozens of engineering / MCA colleges around here, which
persist with an ancient SCO or Solaris installation to teach unix.

We at ILUG-Hyd ~are~ trying to make them adopt linux, but are often
greeted with the answer that it is "Out of Syllabus, only Unix is
specified by the university"  ... and that for ls, cp, rm .... and shell
scripting !?!?!?!

FWIW, the most popular thing being done around (mainly thanks to Doc
Partha) is to show them how to set up diskless nodes using old, trashed
8088 boxen and serial cables, running on a 486 box with redhat 5.2 (say).

>Such templates would necessarily have to be written by management-savvy
>people, because only they truely understand the mystical jabberwocky lingo
>used by the suits.

God knows I am NOT a techie (programming at least - NO, mail <and
sometimes system> admin - OK).  However, I ~do~ have an MBA in HR and
reasonable English skills.  If someone is starting a team - I volunteer.

>This is a job for Batman...er...us. It needs more discussion and
>theorizing, but should be doable.

Would the above be feasible - esp for the chota-mota colleges around the
country which can't afford modern PCs for each student?

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