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<center><h2>Welcome</h2></center><font size="2">This is a survey on the use of different operating systems in the
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COmputer Science curriculum. We are investigating why instructors and lab administrators
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choose the platforms they do. Primarily, we focus on Windows platforms vs. Unix/Linux,
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since these seem to dominate the field. We are interested in learning about the
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advantages and disadvantages of each system and how those weigh in the choices
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you and your colleagues make. </font>
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<p><font size="2">You will be asked to answer to a number of specific questions.
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In addition, there are numerous text boxes in which you will be invited to give
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your thoughts in free form.</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">The survey is divided into six pages, one discussing general
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OS usage in computer labs, and the other five corresponding to the following
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groups of courses:</font></p>
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<ol>
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<li><font size="2">Introduction to the use of a particular OS, e.g. using the
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Windows interface or Unix shell.</font></li>
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<li><font size="2"> Introduction to programming in a particular OS, e.g. Unix
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shell programming, using Microsoft Foundation Classes, and Unix system calls.</font></li>
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<li><font size="2"> Certification-based courses, e.g. Cisco network management
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certification.</font></li>
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<li><font size="2"> Introduction to the use of some applications, e.g. Word,
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Excel, Photoshop.</font></li>
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<li><font size="2"> Principles of operating system design and implementation,
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e.g. process scheduling, concurrency, ISO network model.</font></li>
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</ol>
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<p><font size="2">Courses in the first three groups are inherently OS-specific.
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Those in group 4 tend to be OS-specific, in that many applications are predominantly
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associated with one OS. Those in group 5 are generally not OS-specific, but
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may become specific when case studies are done or programming assignments are
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given.</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">Presumably every college has some general computing labs, so
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that part of the survey should be filled out by everyone. Other than that, you
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will be asked to fill out only those parts of the survey for which your school
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offers courses.</font></p>
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