Go with the more technical school. Theory isn't worth squat.
I have seen to many that concentrated on theory and couldn't program there way out of a wet paper bag (figuratively of course).
The idea is to learn what will help you in the real world. Theory is great if you want to teach computer science, but not if you want to work in the field.
It doesn't prove it, but with Novell & IBM pushing it (although IBM supports Red Hat, the push SuSE), it is a reasonable view. And if there is a lack of demand, there must be no compatability issues.
As far as different distros, the kernel is the same so there should be no problem in switching from one to the other. One advantage of LINUX over UNIX.
IBM has stated that the future of the RS/6000 is LINUX. At some later date they will be converting them from AIX to LINUX.
LINUX is slowly replacing UNIX and making headway against Windows in the server environment.
It is a good solid distro using KDE as the default desktop environment.
It has one feature that IMHO puts it at the head of the list for non-geek use, YaST.
It makes maintenance a lot easier than the standard LINUX methods.
Since YaSY is now GPL, maybe we will see other distros adopt it.
Now if only SuSE would adopt apt-get from Debian.
I hate resolving dependecies.....
Luckily it doesn't occur very often.
Knoppix is a great home distro but doesn't have the support needed for business use.
I hate to say it, but I agree that SuSE will be the main threat in time to Micro$oft.
I don't think Red Hat will go away, but will play second fiddle to SuSE.
I run SuSE 9.1 Pro. for ths X86_64 at home and use Red Hat ES 3.0 & AIX 4.3.3 at work.
KDE is great (if you have the Mhz for it).
The problem with Windows is stability, no good command shell (like csh, ksh or bash) no good free equivalent of qt3.
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And that includes PC & network support (manufacturing company). My guess is the 1:7 company runs mainframes. We run UNIX....
Go with the more technical school. Theory isn't worth squat. I have seen to many that concentrated on theory and couldn't program there way out of a wet paper bag (figuratively of course). The idea is to learn what will help you in the real world. Theory is great if you want to teach computer science, but not if you want to work in the field.
Well, Ron Paul was the 1988 Libertarian presidential candidate....
kubuntu runs fine on an ibook....
I'll stick with italian water ice!!!!
What shortage? I know of too many programmers that are considereing leaving the field because the lack of good jobs(or moving to India).
And I the 64 bit version of SuSE for over a year. So Windows is about 1.5 years behind LINUX.
HP (HP-UX) Sun (Solaris) IBM (AIX) One could also claim that the BSD versions (like Apple OS/X) fall in the category.
Cross platform??? Not quite. Unless you only mean different version of Windows & the Mac/OS.
Right next to the weapons of mass destruction!
It doesn't prove it, but with Novell & IBM pushing it (although IBM supports Red Hat, the push SuSE), it is a reasonable view. And if there is a lack of demand, there must be no compatability issues. As far as different distros, the kernel is the same so there should be no problem in switching from one to the other. One advantage of LINUX over UNIX.
IBM has stated that the future of the RS/6000 is LINUX. At some later date they will be converting them from AIX to LINUX. LINUX is slowly replacing UNIX and making headway against Windows in the server environment.
It is a good solid distro using KDE as the default desktop environment. It has one feature that IMHO puts it at the head of the list for non-geek use, YaST. It makes maintenance a lot easier than the standard LINUX methods. Since YaSY is now GPL, maybe we will see other distros adopt it. Now if only SuSE would adopt apt-get from Debian. I hate resolving dependecies..... Luckily it doesn't occur very often.
Knoppix is a great home distro but doesn't have the support needed for business use. I hate to say it, but I agree that SuSE will be the main threat in time to Micro$oft. I don't think Red Hat will go away, but will play second fiddle to SuSE. I run SuSE 9.1 Pro. for ths X86_64 at home and use Red Hat ES 3.0 & AIX 4.3.3 at work.
KDE is great (if you have the Mhz for it). The problem with Windows is stability, no good command shell (like csh, ksh or bash) no good free equivalent of qt3.
I'm not quite dead yet!
Look at monster.com or other job sites.
COBOL still has some life left.
Let's go all the way and run a 4GHz 4004! Just think of how fast we can calculate 4 bit integers!