Re: How to teach OS

[EM1897@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 3/4/2005 6:14:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, Tsume <tsume@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:23:04 -0500, <EM1897@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 3/4/2005 11:04:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, Zera
>> William Holladay <zholla1@xxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Hi, I have a pedagogical question.
>>>
>>> If you (a developer) were teaching a first level college course in
>>> operating systems with the goal of (eventually) transforming each
>>> student
>>> into a *BSD developer, then how would you teach the course?
>>> Specifically, what programming assignments would you have?  What
>>> material
>>> would you cover?
>>
>> I thought the point of college was to prepare students for
>> PAYING jobs?
>
>Hello everyone, and excuse the noise.
>
>Excuse me AOL user,
>
>People do use BSD for production purposes. I've even written portable
>software and told the customer to use BSD and they did. It doesn't have to
>be rewriting the OS for a job. [much stupid stuff snipped]

It was a JOKE. Get it? Geeez.