[Tfug] CIS faculty at PCC west disavow existence of Linux classes

[R351574NC3]

Yes,

Louis Taber is very cool, but he hasn't taught for over over a year.
http://lt.tucson.az.us/ltaber/

-Leo Przybylski

klsmith wrote:

>I took C with Louis Taber.  He was Linux friendly.
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>Keith
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>From: "James Blanford" <jimmybgood@cox.net>
>To: <tfug@tfug.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:58 PM
>Subject: [Tfug] CIS faculty at PCC west disavow existence of Linux classes
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>>I went in to talk to Dave Druml about taking his "C" programming class.
>>It was obvious he didn't want to bother paying any attention to
>>prospective students.  He barely spoke beyond grunts except to announce
>>firmly that he could make no special accomodations for any student. Mind
>> you I wasn't asking for any accomodation, but he obviously wasn't
>> paying any attention to what I was saying.  He was just responding to
>> key words that penetrated through his academic haze.
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>>The only other things he said were rather curious:
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>>1)  Harry McGregor was not a member of the CIS department and no one was 
>>teaching any Linux classes at Pima.  I guess this guy is so threatened
>>by Linux he has achieved a special advanced state of denial.
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>>2)  No one could use a Linux computer to do the assignments in his
>> class, because he requires assignments to be turned in on a disk
>> readable in Windows.  He even argued that one for a couple sentences
>> and then gave up and admitted that it would be possible.
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>>3)  The University of Arizona offers no "C" programming class.  I
>> don't know, maybe he just isn't aware of anything that happens outside
>> of his office.
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>>I think I'm going to complain to the county supervisors.  I'm sick of
>>sky-high real estate taxes going to pay for a community education system
>>that arrogantly ignores the educational needs of the citizens.  And I'm
>>sick of my tax money going to pay for proprietary software products so
>>that old hacks (not hackers) can stick around and perpetuate the Bill
>>Gates hegemenoy.
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>>I'm glad I didn't sign up to take that course (why is another rant).
>>Does anyone here know where I could learn "C" in an emvironment that
>>isn't hostile towards Linux?
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>>     -  Jim
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