Re: Free UNIX for non-commerical use.

From: Bob Hoekstra (Bob.Hoekstra_at_HoekstraSystems.ltd.uk)
Date: 07/27/03 

Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 18:51:46 +0100

Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote:
> ...
> here's what our students at the Department of Informatics can get for
> free:
>
> 1. Windows XP pro
> 2. Windows 2000 pro
> 3. Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server
> 4. Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
> 5. Windows Server 2003 Std. Ed., Windows Server 2003 Ent. Ed.
> 6. MS Visio Professional 2002
> 7. MS Project Professional 2002
> 8. Visual J# .NET
> 9. Visual Studio .NET 2002 (CD5 = ComponentUpdate) (5 CD-er)
> 10. Visual Studio .NET 2003 (CD3 = Prerequisites) (3 CD-er)
> 11. Visual Studio .NET 2003 Student Tools
> 12. MSDN Library .NET 2002 (April 2003) (3 CD-er)
> 13. MSDN Library .NET 2003 (for VS.NET 2003) (3 CD-er)
>
> only one licence of each, and they must supply the CD-Rs themselves ;-)
>
> notice that MS Office is not included -- they want to entice system
> developers, not secretaries.

Oh dear. My apologies Kjetil, but I feel that you are doing your students a disservice.
There is nothing in the above list that cannot also be obtained for free from the Linux
stable, and much can be obtained for free or at low cost from the mainstream Unix producers.

Of course, it is my personal opinion that informatics should include the ability to
manipulate/understand information. Maybe you should consider APL as part of the course?
You can get this for free as well : http://www.aplusdev.org/ 

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