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In article <1993Jan7.132223.14647@nntp.hut.fi>, jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki
Kuoppala) wrote:
> alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions	UU Linux learning group - the Q&A column
> 
> This group is an educational group aimed for learning and teaching of
> Linux by questions and answers.
> 
> //Jyrki

Why such a narrowly focussed group?  In regular universities, you teach
general
operating systems concepts.  Linux might be used as a vehicle for teaching
those concepts, but the concepts will be applicable to VMS, 4.3 BSD,
Multics,
etc.  There already exists a Linux group (comp.os.linux &
comp.os.linux.announce).  This seems to me to be unecessary duplication.  A
group called alt.uu.comp.os, dedicated to Q&A about general operating
systems
theory would be more appropriate.

Jeff Ollie
jollie@herky.cs.uiowa.edu

In article <jollie-070193232104@gator-mtc-1.itc.uiowa.edu>, jollie@herky (Jeffrey C. Ollie) writes:
>Kuoppala) wrote:
>> alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions	UU Linux learning group - the Q&A column

>Why such a narrowly focussed group?

Mostly for the reason that there are a lot of people interested in
Linux on Usenet, and thus the group has better chances to attract the
critical mass of people than most groups.  Also to test the
".questions" type of group.

>In regular universities, you teach
>general
>operating systems concepts.  Linux might be used as a vehicle for teaching
>those concepts, but the concepts will be applicable to VMS, 4.3 BSD,
>Multics,
>etc.  There already exists a Linux group (comp.os.linux &
>comp.os.linux.announce).  This seems to me to be unecessary duplication.  A
>group called alt.uu.comp.os, dedicated to Q&A about general operating
>systems
>theory would be more appropriate.

I hear that comp.os.linux has problems of too high a traffic volume
for the tastest of many - and many questions are asked which are
answered in the FAQ files (and other similar files), so perhaps the
overlap/duplication is not necessarily negative.

The "alt.uu.comp" hierarchy was mostly formed for "practical courses"
- topics might include learning different programming languages,
learning to use Usenet and Internet and so on.  I think the more
university-like stuff (OS theory, computer theory, cryptology and so
on) should be under something like "alt.uu.compsci" or "alt.uu.cs".

//Jyrki

In article <1993Jan8.084535.4620@nntp.hut.fi>, jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki
Kuoppala) wrote:
> 
> 
> The "alt.uu.comp" hierarchy was mostly formed for "practical courses"
> - topics might include learning different programming languages,
> learning to use Usenet and Internet and so on.  I think the more
> university-like stuff (OS theory, computer theory, cryptology and so
> on) should be under something like "alt.uu.compsci" or "alt.uu.cs".
> 
> //Jyrki

Are there people out there interested in a "alt.uu.cs" hierarchy with
subgroups corresponding to the ACM CS undergraduate curriculum?
Something along the lines of help with homework/problems, etc.  Perhaps
there could also be a repository of sample test questions/answers for
help in studying.

Anyone interested?
 
--
Jeffrey C. Ollie
jollie@herky.cs.uiowa.edu
"The Happy User"