Why should we teach students Linux??

[Roel Bindels]

Leon Goldstein schreef:
> Roel Bindels wrote:
> 
>> Hello listers,
>>
>> I'm tutor on the Faculty ICT, department NID. This is a bachelor degree
>> and we are preparing our students to become something more then just
>> System Administrators (such as manager, consulting, etc....). Since this
>> department is part of the Microsoft camp, the students are educated
>> mostly in this direction, which I think is not a bad thing. A better
>> thing would be if we could give our students the opportunity to meat
>> both the systems on the same level, at least, that is my opinion.
>>
>> To change a curriculum of a study, I need a solid case. So if somebody
>> knows a link/document about why we should educate our students in the
>> Linux OS, please send it. Or article about the usage of Linux in company's.
>>
>> I hope you will all take some time to send me your best links/documents.
>>
>> with best regards
>>
>> Roel Bindels
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> About eight years ago one of my students (Cambell U. NC) went on to get 
> a MS in Library Science.  He told me he had to take a course in UNIX 
> because the library cataloging system was UNIX based.  I don't know if 
> that is still the case.
> 
> Of course, the obvious advantage in using Linux is recovering files from 
> corrupted Windows installations.
> 
Ok thanks Leon,

That is exactly the kind of information I'm looking for.

One major plus I think in teaching Linux instead of MS is the large
choice of file systems like reiserfs and ext2/3. This kind of diversity
is the big plus.

So more examples are welcome ....



Greetings
Roel