Sydney University is currently using Linux (I don't know what distribution) as a teaching platform for CS students to learn OO programming. They are using BLUE with the compiler and IDE running under X to teach the basic principles. The default setup is using loadlin from a Windows desktop icon, which is a bit disgusting, but it is certainly encouraging use of an alternative language, and not just tying students to $VBC$ version of a compiler.
Y2K (aka Apocralypse)has passed here in Sydney with not a whisper of distress that I have been able to find. Water still works... And so does my toaster. No evil Y2K viruses or hackers have destroyed things either.
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Sydney University is currently using Linux (I don't know what distribution) as a teaching platform for CS students to learn OO programming. They are using BLUE with the compiler and IDE running under X to teach the basic principles. The default setup is using loadlin from a Windows desktop icon, which is a bit disgusting, but it is certainly encouraging use of an alternative language, and not just tying students to $VBC$ version of a compiler.
Y2K (aka Apocralypse)has passed here in Sydney with not a whisper of distress that I have been able to find. Water still works... And so does my toaster. No evil Y2K viruses or hackers have destroyed things either.
Hope the trend continues around the globe.