[DLC] COL on Linux?
Samir Faci
sfaci at cs.uic.edu
Wed Jan 31 19:48:15 CST 2007
I made that comment more as far as... hey you don't need to DRM the
hell out of your lectures and make it througly impossible to use it on
2/3 of the Operatating Systems out there.
Look at MIT. I can look at their lectures from Windows, Mac and
*gasp* Linux. I highly doubt it hurt their attendance or their
revenue.
Why not provide tools and classroom tools that are more open.
Besides, let's say someone does get a hold of the content of a
course.. so what? They still haven't earned a degree from Depaul,
MIT, *insert School name*
That was the point I was trying to make.. in a round -about way.
--
Samir
On 1/31/07, Larry Garfield <larry at garfieldtech.com> wrote:
> Be that as it may, the question is how to get credit at DePaul (so that you DO
> get the degree) without having to run Windows. So OpenCourseware is really
> beside the point, unless one wanted to nudge DePaul toward using their
> technology for COL instead, which would be awesome but very very
> unlikely. :-)
>
> On Wednesday 31 January 2007 2:37 pm, Samir Faci wrote:
> > well... as far as online resources.. no offense to Depaul students,
> > but I would think
> >
> > Mit's open courseware is a far more attractive options then Depaul's
> > bootleg content (no pirating needed)
> >
> > http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
> >
> > I don't see a problem with universities releasing their lectures.. the
> > most important thing (the degree) is not acquired.
> >
> > --
> > Samir
> >
> > On 1/31/07, Matthew Lechleider <matthew at lechleider.com> wrote:
> > > "I have a degree in Computer Science from the Pirate Bay"
> > >
> > > zing !
> > >
> > > --
> > > Matthew Lechleider
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --------- Original Message --------
> > > From: DePaul Linux Community <dlc at mailman.depaul.edu>
> > > To: DePaul Linux Community <dlc at mailman.depaul.edu>
> > > Subject: Re: [DLC] COL on Linux?
> > > Date: 31/01/07 11:57
> > >
> > > > Since, as far as I know, it requires Windows Media DRM, it can never be
> > >
> > > truly supported on anything other than Windows. Brilliant
> > > right? I'm sure DePaul was worried people would put their
> > > Algorithms 101 class up on bittorrent and they'd lose 50% of their
> > > enrollment.
> > >
> > > > "I have a degree in Computer Science from the Pirate
> > >
> > > Bay"Anyway...The short answer is not really, but perhaps the group
> > > could reverse engineer COL and write a better player.A few years ago I
> > > was able to grab the Jar and get a version of COL that pulled content
> > > from the local disk to run in Linux. It only pulled the white board
> > > information so any video stuff needed to be played in another
> > > application.
> > >
> > > > I would grab the COL Jar from the site and pull it apart and start
> > > > poking
> > >
> > > around. See what you can find out. Good luck,EJOn 1/31/07,
> > >
> > > > Brett Clark <morningbrett at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > Is there any way that the Course OnLine application can be run on a
> > > > Linux
> > >
> > > build? I'd like to make the switch, but as a DL student in
> > > California, I need the COL player to function, and the COL folks tell me
> > > it only works in Windows. Grrrr...
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help!
> > > >
> > > > Brett Clark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debatein the
> > > > Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.
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