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Re: Linux as OS course.



> I think that if whatever person that makes that choice prefers a
> proprietry OS like NT to an open sourced OS like Linux (or FreeBSD for
> that matter) for *TEACHING* OS principles then I'm glad (and even proud)
> that TAU kicked my butt a couple of years ago... ;-)

I can hardly imagine how one can teach NT kernel design at the university.
I thought it's one of most guarded M$ secrets? They never release it to
anyone, except for big money. So you would have to sign NDA entering this
course, or what? Student under NDA - funny, funny.

>From the other side, I've heard of american high education institutions
totally sold out to M$ - in exchange for free windows & office (like, if
you go into slavery, you get chains and whips for free ;)). And then this
story about M$ paying $100 (I'm not sure on exact sum) to every teacher
mentioning M$ products in their lectures...

On the third side, if they decide on NT - I'd like to see course's slides.
It's curious what they'd put on it. Or are they going to teach Win32 API
instead of OS principles? 
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