From: Joe Strout <joe at inspiringapps dot com>
>
>On Feb 28, 2008, at 11:27 AM, Tim Jones wrote:
>
>> When you take a
>> CompSci course, you are learning the "Science" of Computers. The
>> premise is to provide a broad range of knowledge that can be applied
>> to computers in general. Granted, most modern courses should be
>> named "Windows Science" because of their Windows-centric tilt.
>
>That's not true in my experience -- my wife is a computer science
>professor, and in her department (as well as where she went to grad
>school), Windows machines are rare among the staff and pretty much
>unheard of in the courses. The courses are about science in general,
>but the work is generally done on Unix/Linux boxes (including Macs,
>which have become quite popular in CS departments since OS X).
....unless you're at University of Washington in Seattle (one of the
top rated CS schools and my alma mater), where MS dumps vast
quantities of free software and major funding. Not many Macs around
there. I used a Mac and it was uphill all the way. I couldn't take
some grad courses because they required intimate knowledge of, for
example, MFC or Direct X.
Still, the theoretical part was top notch.
Paul Rodman
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