Online Operating System School

[PatrickV]

I have an idea that might be cool. I was thinking that we should have an online school for operating system building. You can read course matrial, try activities, do assignments. The whole people point of this idea is to learn how to build operating systems and the programming lanagauges they use to build them. People who would like to build an operating should do a course about it. I though our community should have one online. It can benifit a lot of people. Please vote or leave comments.

[frank]

Here is an online OS dev course

http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs16 ... tures.html

[pcmattman]

No.

It'd require people to be teachers and mentors, and I doubt you'll find people with the commitment and time to continue with such a thing. We couldn't even keep a magazine running - do you really think we'll be able to keep a set of classes/courses going?

My 2c.

[Troy Martin]

No. Just... no.

[Creature]

I admit the idea sounds nice, but it's pretty much impossible. There are already few tutorials about OSDev (I'm referring to real tutorials like JamesM's and BrokenThorn's, not half-tutorial half-documentation pages) so I hardly believe a full course would be easier to achieve.

[PatrickV]

Well, it was just a suggestion, Never mind

"http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs16 ... tures.html"
That is not an online course. It is designed to be physicaly there by the sounds of it
The software i have in mind is moodle.

[kmsr819]

I have an Operating System Developer Community(IWMOS, www.iwmos.wo.tc)
But it's made up Korean;;

[purage]

If you know JAVA, or Flash Action Script, or even JavaScript coupled with some CSS styles, you could design an automated interactive tutor and take away the need for human involvement.

[nekros]

That would make more of a tutorial. It's really not a teacher if it isn't human. Humans can deal with specific needs and correct misunderstandings in a way that make sense to different people.

[purage]

I said no too. I think the idea is proactive, yet unlikely without pay.

[Combuster]

No. Although schooling is one form of educating people, experience shows that you either have to teach them everything else about computer science, or they are capable enough to find out things themselves. There's hardly any middle ground.

Not to mention that a lot of members of the first group are plain incapable.

[PatrickV]

doesn't really mater what you guys said. I thought it was a good idea but it is not. I like thinking up good ideas thta could befinit people. Just for get about the whole thing. That's 1 idea that i can throw away

[jal]

doesn't really mater what you guys said. I thought it was a good idea but it is not. I like thinking up good ideas thta could befinit people. Just for get about the whole thing. That's 1 idea that i can throw away

If it doesn't matter what we say, why ask in the first place? You are pouting like a little child. Grow up.


JAL

[PatrickV]

hey, i just like bring ideas to the table, but didn't expect people to respond this way. I just wanted to see if people thing it is a good idea. that all and a big percentage say no because it is time wasting. that is the result that i got out of the poll and understanding where they are comming from. So don't call me to grow up

[Combuster]

Look, the internet is not yours to command. You publicly posted an idea, which makes the world free to discuss that subject to the extent it wants. If you decide halfway this isn't worth it, then don't participate. But do not bother everyone else by telling them to shut up as well. Its our choice. Don't whine about it.

@JAL: no flaming, you should know better than that.