Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pdn!reggie From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: CS with Laboratories Message-ID: <3676@pdn.UUCP> Date: 8 Jul 88 11:59:06 GMT References: <1018@ndsuvax.UUCP> <82400008@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <3646@pdn.UUCP> <2726@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Organization: Paradyne Corporation, Largo FL Lines: 23 In article <2726@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, henry@garp.mit.edu (Henry Mensch) writes: > reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) wrote: > ->Undergrads do not need to be working with the leading > ->edge technology. They just need available computing resources to meet their > ->needs. > > Think about this, though: what are their needs, and what are they > being taught? Are you teaching students about current and future > technology and methods with abacuses? Sorry, let me clarify that statement. Non-CS students and CS students early on in their studies do not require leading edge technologies. For them PCs will suffice their needs. In the junior and senior level courses the CS students will require better equipment or a better school :-) -- George W. Leach Paradyne Corporation ..!uunet!pdn!reggie Mail stop LF-207 Phone: (813) 530-2376 P.O. Box 2826 NOTE: codas<--->pdn will be gone soon Largo, FL 34649-2826