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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
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Subject: Re: CS students who aren't exposed to U*X
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Date: Tue, 11-Sep-84 15:54:09 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 11 15:54:09 1984
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Gene,

	While I am an UNIX lover as much as anyone else, I am not going
to fault anyone's CS education if they haven't had UNIX experience.  Good
CS people can adapt to nearly anything (as I had to adapt to UNIX).  But,
they should have come across it in their cultural experiences (such as an
operating systems or architectures course with case studies).

What kind of school lets you have a B.S. in Computer Science without
having taken courses in the design (not just the use) of compilers
and operating systems.  This class of education sounds more like the
Close Cover Before Striking School of Data Processing and Heavy Equipment
Operation.

-Ron