Use of Linux in Canadian universities

[Michael Lacey]

I wonder what inspires these Universities to drop NIX and make the change to
Windows? Is it for compatibility issues? The need to run platform-specific
commercial software?

There are obviously high end programs that will always require a Windows
native installation, but I believe the open source alternatives to most
programs are not being recognized. Maybe if the administrators of these
Uni's and other facilities were aware of the power to compile needed
features into their software, obtain bleeding-edge builds, and not have to
worry about the licensing hell imposed by corporate monopolies such as
Microsoft, they would re-think their strategies.

On 9/7/06, Don Kelly <karfai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/7/06, Timothy Webster <tdwebste2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > As a Canadian I sure hope Universities in Canada don't drop Unix and
> switch
> > to Windows.
> >
>
> Unfortunately, many already have.  My alma mater (St. Francis Xavier,
> http://www.stfx.ca), converted most student facing systems to
> Microsoft Windows NT starting as early as 1997.  The in-house designed
> student information system was replaced soon after.  Today, I'd be
> surprised if any of the infrastructure is built on anything other than
> Microsoft Windows *.  There may be a few labs or groups who run a
> *NIX, but I doubt they receive any support from the university.
>
> Don/
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