When faculty say ‘NO’ to UNIX/Linux
Well, sooner or later, it was bound to happen. We are in the process of retiring our last two instructional UNIX/Linux labs. And guess what? Nobody seems to care! In fact, the faculty who have been using those labs for instruction have asked us to give them Windows and Macintosh platforms instead! Here are three reasons why:
* Most specialized UNIX applications have now been ported to Windows or Macintosh.
* Software included with textbooks runs under Windows or Macintosh, not UNIX/Linux.
* Most GNU/Linux software can be run under Macintosh, and now under Vista.
Now don't get me wrong. We still have a major investment in UNIX and Linux in our machine room. And we have a small team dedicated to supporting UNIX and Linux for research in individual departments all over campus. Many departments even maintain their own IT staff for such local support. The School of Informatics even maintains a Linux lab for Computer Science students. But, for general purpose computing, and even for instructional computing outside of Computer Science, no one is interested in using UNIX or Linux.
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