[geeks] what is the world coming to...

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 01:09:47AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 11:04:44PM -0700, David Passmore wrote:
> > I would expect that colleges give you as much as you need to complete your
> > assignments and no more. If you really want to think of a college as a
> > business (which it is), that's just good cost control. Colleges are
> > expensive enough as it is. :)
> 
> I would expect that most colleges would think that CS students would have
>  a box capable of running some sort of free *nix, or even Windows, and
> therefore have less reliance on University-owned storage and systems.

That plan only works well if you live on campus, or are taking so few classes
that you are home most of the time.  I'm not home most of the time, so most
of the day, however much storage I have at home does me next to no good.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd