IT was easily divided into mainframes and mini-computers and then along came Apple, Microsoft and IBM with their silly little boxes, and Novel with that dumb networking thing... And there went the neighborhood.

I should have checked your bio! You know, then, that there's only so much room in the lecture, their attention span, and the homework load you can lay on before the Dean drops by for a chat. Sometimes, even the priority items lack enough priority to make it into the semester.

Our degree plan is designed in conjunction with local industry so (a) graduates can find a job and (b) we can demonstrate value to the community and pick up business support. So a second semester of COBOL (yup, still a big deal) edged out another term of AI. Crap. But onward.