If you just focus on standards and deamons you only show them several single aspects of a unix system without showing them the unix system itself. When they are on the way to an MSCD they already have a vision of an OS and how it should work. you can't fight against that with some standards here and some deamons there. They must learn why unix samples all functionality in a virtual tree and why it bases on tools. This helps them to understand why Samba is not just a clone of a Windows Strategy and why the Filesystem Hierarchy is not just complex but functional etc.
Don't forget the glue, and that is the unix philosophy. It gives the audience the information they need to stay away from prejudices and to find correct answers and assumptions on their own thinking.
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If you just focus on standards and deamons you only show them several single aspects of a unix system without showing them the unix system itself. When they are on the way to an MSCD they already have a vision of an OS and how it should work. you can't fight against that with some standards here and some deamons there. They must learn why unix samples all functionality in a virtual tree and why it bases on tools. This helps them to understand why Samba is not just a clone of a Windows Strategy and why the Filesystem Hierarchy is not just complex but functional etc.
Don't forget the glue, and that is the unix philosophy. It gives the audience the information they need to stay away from prejudices and to find correct answers and assumptions on their own thinking.