Ahhh...my first blog entry. Starting something new is always exciting to me. I am at this point in my life a full time college student working on my Masters. It is something new and a change for me. Unlike many people out there, I embrace change. Change is good. One place that is having significant problems with change is the world of academia. They have been indoctrinated to the Micro**ft philosophy. Don't get me wrong, Linux classes are offered at the college and university level, but only with minimal coverage of the bare basics of Linux and UNIX (this has been my experience). Even with students and industry calling for more instruction of Linux, UNIX, and open source products, academia is still afraid of the change. The use of Linux in industry has grown significantly over the past several years, and academia has failed to keep up. If you are a student and you are not being exposed to Linux in the classroom, I suggest you expose yourself. When you leave academia and hit the streets of the real world, Linux is out there, and you must know how to integrate Linux with other technologies within the network infrastructure you will be working in. Knowledge of Linux is, in my opinion, as essential a skill as using a Word processor.

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