OpenSolaris in universities (was Re: [osol-mktg] Spreading the word)

[Patrick Finch]

Bharath,

Yes, we have definitely taken this into account in our priorities - and 
you will see more activities from us in this area. 
thanks,

Patrick


Bharath Ravi Kumar wrote:

> Hi Patrick,
>           As i mentioned in my previoius replay (which is yet to 
> appear on the OS mailing list since I don't have all the required 
> mailing-list permissions), I too agree that the community should be 
> the one to support  OS. I'd be glad if we're indeed thinking on those 
> lines already. I'd again like to draw attention to regions where a 
> high volume of students graduate in Computer Science every year. It is 
> very likely that the market/economy in these regions is only just 
> maturing to be able to spend on IT infrastructure (and bandwidth is 
> also an issue in such countried). Put these factors together and 
> you'll see why all these people should come out of college armed with 
> knowledge in OS (which, hopefully, will have enough penetration soon 
> in these regions). The 2 factors - market demand & knowledge - 
> obviously have a cyclic dependency on each other. So, fuelling 
> one factor might provide an im petus to the other. Which is why one 
> cannot over emphasize the importance of introducing OS in 
> educational circles in these regions. I hope we're already doing 
> something about it.
>  
> Thanks & Regards,
> Bharath
>
> */Patrick Finch <Patrick.Finch at Sun.COM>/* wrote:
>
>     Tim, Bharath,
>
>     I think and hope that we're actually already thinking along those
>     lines:
>     I won't go into all the details of the education engagement plan, but
>     getting OpenSolaris media widely available, with some training
>     materials, is top priority. Even though the source can be downloaded
>     for free, network bandwidth isn't the same all around the world,
>     so we
>     felt that this will be quite an enabler.
>
>     Tim's point on support is a good one too: OpenSolaris is supported by
>     the community. There are a number of academic programmes which
>     sees Sun
>     donating equipment to institutions, but donating support contracts
>     (beyond warranty) is virgin territory as far as I'm aware.
>
>     This is all great food for thought -thanks- and if you would like to
>     discuss the details of our planning, please let me know.
>
>     regards
>
>     Patrick
>
>
>
>     Tim Foster wrote:
>
>     >Hey Bharath
>     >
>     >On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 13:21, Bharath Ravi Kumar wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >>Hi,
>     >> I just wanted to mention a new phenomenon in tech marketing that
>     >>i came across in India: A number of companies have resorted to
>     giving
>     >>away software (with support) to premier institutions in the country
>     >>absolutely free.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >
>     >Yep, that makes perfect sense : of course, OpenSolaris is already
>     >absolutely free - but yes, there should be some contact between the
>     >OpenSolaris community and universities everywhere. Thankfully, there
>     >already is !
>     >
>     >There are guys who I believe are looking at this stuff at
>     >http://opensolaris.org/os/community/edu/
>     >I've Cc:d that list on this email (sorry for the cross-post)
>     >
>     >I'd have loved it if my university had OpenSolari s instead of
>     Linux on
>     >the curriculum for a whole load of reasons, but I don't want to
>     risk a
>     >flamewar, so I'll stop there!
>     >
>     >Perhaps the -edu folks have ideas that can help implement your
>     excellent
>     >suggestion ?
>     >
>     >The question of support is one I don't know how to answer (I'm kinda
>     >busy as is, and probably couldn't cope with taking it on myself
>     ;-) At
>     >the very least though, getting OpenSolaris into university
>     curriculums
>     >can be done *now* and perhaps support could be provided through
>     general
>     >interaction with the community ? Not everything has to be donated
>     from a
>     >corporate entity...
>     >
>     >Thanks for the suggestion though - I think it's a good one.
>     >
>     > cheers,
>     > tim
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >> In addition, they also take time to impart training (through
>     >>developers located in the vicinity of the institutions) in the
>     >>relevant concepts involved . For instance, a University that governs
>     >>colleges around Bangalore mandates that the Linux environment be
>     used
>     >>to carry out minor projects in related to Operating Systems in
>     general
>     >>& Unix in particular. Linux is advocated primarily because it's
>     free.
>     >>Would it not be a good idea to publicize OS and impress upon the
>     Univs
>     >>the importance of OS to the area of Operating Systems? So, Operating
>     >>Systems courses could involve Solaris as a case study & use OS
>     (which
>     >>is free) in their projects. That'd help get word around even
>     better, i
>     >>thought (and you have students with the knowledge of Solaris
>     >>graduating out). Like I mentioned earlier, this is just an
>     observation
>     >>I made. Comments welcome.
>     >>Regards,
>     >>Bharath
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