Fri, 02 Apr 2004

Why PHBs Fear Linux

When I worked at the Trader, back in the '80's, the ironclad rule we had for new hires was to throw out any graduates of computer science programs - they learned mainframe stuff back then, and every one we wasted time interviewing was simply aghast that we were using PC's tied together with some "network operating system" (Novell) that they'd never heard of. They simply weren't up to speed in the currrent enviroment.

Of course, that situation changed over the years, and todays CS grads are generally competent in modern enviroments, if not in "real world" coding practices. Schools tend to be like that: a few years behind the times.

Apparently, however, business schools have not gotten beyond, say 1990, in the IT enviroment area. That's way out of date. Considering the security problems in Microsoft products, this bit of "mis-schooling" could prove to have disasterous consequences.

Paul Murphy over at LinuxInsider examines the role IT text books play in business school curriculums and the misconceptions and misinformation that they present to students. If you've ever wondered why your PHB just doesn't get it when it comes to UNIX and Linux, this article is for you.

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