Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl From: cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles Lord) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Cynic's Guide to SE #6: Forthcoming Revolt Summary: No,NO Message-ID: <5528@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Date: 7 Oct 88 02:55:14 GMT References: <9@helens.stanford.edu> <5479@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <1322@banzai-inst.SW.MCC.COM> Organization: Triangle R&D Corp,RTP,NC Lines: 22 In article <1322@banzai-inst.SW.MCC.COM>, wex@banzai-inst.SW.MCC.COM (Alan Wexelblat) writes: > In article <5519@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles Lord) > totally misses the point of my posting. No, Alan, you also missed MY point that this problem is NOT a frequent happening in the school mentioned. Software discounts and nefarious- ness aside, there are profs around who ALLOW students to use PC power while NOT forcing them to seek PC access when they don't already have it. This is called Intro to Real World 101- for the Prof, not for the student... Budgets and Grad-level research (spelled M-o-n-e-y) get the big bang boxes and the undergrads tend to get what's left in many cases. PCs are just an alternative, not something forced on students. I will concede that CAD courses may indeed be built around MACs or some other proprietary hardware and may thus severely limit student access. Gee, that sounds like the typical work environment... -- * Charles Lord ..!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl Usenet (old) * * Cary, NC cjl@ecsvax.UUCP Usenet (new) * * #include cjl@ecsvax.BITNET Bitnet * * #include cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu Internet *