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FYI: Posted this morning on Slashdot.<br>
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<h2 class="story"> <span id="title-21543708"> <a
href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/06/10/136234/Ask-Slashdot-Linux-Support-In-Universities">Ask
Slashdot: Linux Support In Universities?</a></span> </h2>
<div class="details" id="details-21543708"> Posted by <a
href="http://www.monkey.org/%7Etimothy/" rel="nofollow">timothy</a>
<time id="fhtime-21543708" datetime="on Friday June 10,
@09:30AM">on Friday June 10, @09:30AM <br>
from the but-which-version-of-windows-is-that dept. </time>
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<div id="text-21543708" class="p"> An anonymous reader writes
<i>"I study Computer Science at a university in Melbourne,
Australia. I recently went to a 'Directions of IT' seminar
run by <a
href="http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=3vmk5vgp0s15">our
central IT department</a>, where students were invited
to discuss issues with the senior management of IT. During
discussion about proposed changes to our campus-wide
wireless network, I asked if the new system would support
Macs, Linux and other Operating Systems. Several of the
managers laughed at this question, and one exclaimed
'Linux!' as if it was the punchline to a joke. The head of
IT at least treated my question seriously, but I didn't
get a concrete answer. So, I would like to ask Slashdot:
Does your university/college provide support for
Linux/BSD/etc users to connect to the on-campus wireless?
How does IT support Linux users generally? Have IT staff
ever ridiculed you for asking questions about Linux?"</i></div>
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