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Story: Government: Open source could halve school IT bills
Posted by: george (Monday 9 May 2005, 8:02 PM)
martin's comments:
this is a very narrow perspective, and is very common among individuals that tend to fall into a couple of categories, fear of change or fear of change, take your pick.
the software available on and for linux is very standard and follows the same rules of menu structure as do products line MS-office, and others.
The radical difference is the linux file structure and handling, as it provides a greater level of security and control over the computer. my daughter is 9, she uses linux at home and windows at friends homes, and her firends use linux at our home, none of them mind, in fact, many of her friends have asked their parents to install linux on the family pc's (i am fielding many of those calls and will be helping them to do the installs over the coming weeks).
so you are viewing it from the perspective of adults and their inability to change, kids, are more than willing to accept the change and by extension can learn more about the what they are doing and the computer they use.
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