On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 20:39, Daniel Appleton wrote:
Hi, In my opinion running Linux on the server(s) is a great idea, but perhaps not on the desktops. Maybe giving the option, a dualboot or suchlike. But the reality is when you leave school you're gonna be required to know about Windows apps. Even though Linux is becoming more common I don't think it is at the point where you could suddenly switch all the students from Windows to Linux (maybe that should be that the students aren't at the point). Especially when alot of the students are not very computer literate. I know that for a fact having left school this year. Daniel
Hmmm...so I'm a tad inebriated at the moment, but hey, I'm in the mood to respond to this. Please excuse any/all typos. School, imho, is not about teaching you how to use MS Word. It's about teaching you the concepts behind what a word processor does, how a spreadsheet works, what a database is etc. Why does this require MS? Teach CONCEPTS, not PRODUCTS. Teach people how to learn rather than a certain way to accomplish a task. Anyway. I need a glass of water... <sleep> -- Greig McGill Prisoner #655321 Yes this message is gpg signed. see http://www.gnupg.org if you don't understand why.