[CS-FSLUG] UNIVERSITY NOW TEACHING LINUX ON IBM MAINFRAME

[David Aikema]

How much of a difference do you think that it makes that students
learn on a mainframe?  Is it a pro or a con?

I'd expect that most computer science programs these days will
probably give their students some exposure to Linux.  During my days
as an undergrad I encountered mostly Linux, a decent chunk of windows,
some solaris and mac os X.  At the school where I'm doing my Ph.D.,
you also won't get through as computer science undergrad without
encountering Linux at some point).

At the same point in time, I also hope that no computer science
program exposes their students ONLY to Linux.

Dave

2008/8/27 Don Parris <parrisdc at gmail.com>:
> Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte is also developing a strong
> Novell-based GNU/Linux program.  I'm privileged to have known this for some
> time now, but the guy in charge is also our LUGs sponsor on the campus.  :-)
>
> Blessings,
> Don
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> UNIVERSITY NOW TEACHING LINUX ON IBM MAINFRAME
>> http://go.techtarget.com/r/4320253/1461419
>> Pam Derringer, News Writer
>>
>> While most computer science students learn skills on x86 servers,
>> their counterparts at the University of Arkansas will now get
>> hands-on experience on a new IBM system z900 running Novell SUSE
>> Linux Enterprise.
>>
>> A national leader in mainframe instruction, the university (and its
>> Walton School of Business) has taught Linux on the mainframe for five
>> years and was rewarded for its efforts with a free five-year loan,
>> including maintenance, of the System z machine from the Armonk,
>> N.Y.-based computer manufacturer.
>>
>> The university's fully configured system has 16 processors, 64 GB of
>> memory and 7 TB of disk space. It contains enterprise-size databases
>> donated by Sam's Club, Tyson's wholesale outlets and Dillard's retail
>> stores, with the latter's repository containing 140 million rows.
>> These unusually large databases give students a rich, real-world
>> experience as they learn how to work with relational databases and
>> run SAP's business intelligence application.
>>
>> "We are the only university in the world we know of running SAP with
>> IBM DB2 on the mainframe," said Professor David Douglas.
>>
>> READ THE FULL STORY
>> http://go.techtarget.com/r/4320254/1461419
>>
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>> to support your Windows anymore."
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