[Shacs] wiki.SHACS.org

[David Burris]

I already provide my notes for my class free to all students.  I do not 
need a wiki.  Note there are other faculty in CS who publish their class 
notes, especially CS133, 138, and 143 and make several thousand dollars 
a year more from the publishers for their efforts.  I think it is best 
not to rock the free boat.

At one time I did ask students copying my notes to make a $5 donation to 
the scholarship fund for each class.  I do not think anyone ever paid.



Dr. B


 Bronius Motekaitis wrote:

> yeah Right.  Even if it could fly, a whole segment of school-centric 
> business would be cut out of the loop..  college text books stores, 
> publishers, the little guys with black wheelie-briefcases that come to 
> campus periodically with free sample books, the underground market of 
> stealing books from the library and reselling them for killer 
> profit..  You can't just wget a wiki, resell it, and get rich, Andrew.
>  
> But in the spirit of opensource, it's a nifty idea.  THere already is 
> enough free info out in the world, why not bundle it up in real text 
> book form and save some bucks.
>
>
>  
> On 9/8/06, *Pilling, Andrew Alexander* <STDAAP17 at shsu.edu 
> <mailto:STDAAP17 at shsu.edu>> wrote:
>
>     First the source of the idea:
>     http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060905-7662.html
>     <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060905-7662.html>
>
>     Next I restate the subject in the body:
>     "wiki.SHACS.org <http://wiki.SHACS.org>"
>
>     Now let's all cheer and egg him on:
>     "Burris! Burris! Burris! Burris!"
>
>
>     Sorry Dr. B, when others thought it was a great idea I couldn't
>     help but
>     to share with the rest of the group.
>
>     -Drew
>
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David S. Burris, Ph.D., CCP, CSP
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Computer Science
Sam Houston State University

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