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Story: Government: Open source could halve school IT bills
Posted by: Chris Nixon (Tuesday 10 May 2005, 1:34 PM)
*Please* can we have some balanced views and less prejudice. Aside from one or two measured responses, we've had idiots from both camps spouting pretty childish vitriol. Enough.
The balanced facts are that Linux *is* more robust and a more moral choice than Windows. But Windows *is* easier to use than Linux. And Windows *is* installed on something approaching 80% of the world's PCs.
I use many flavours of Unix (Solaris, Tru-64 & AIX) at work, as well as XP. My son runs Linux servers at home and has an XP laptop. I think I'm qualified to be objective!
The sad fact is that this is about teaching the skills in *current* worldwide use. But I *do* believe that familiarity with Linux / Unix should be a mandatory part of any IT course.
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Great. We'll have a generation of people taught to... Martin Scholes
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Thank you, annonymous.
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Martiin, I would agree that time co... Anonymous
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we run only linux (xandros) at... george
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@ George
George, you make some... Martin Scholes
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Learning a non-standard software? Sounds like... Steve Conners
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In Canada, the PEEL District shool board is or has... george
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It has been suggested that schools could only use... Martin JD Green
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So little time and so much to do.
I often hear tha... Arthur B.
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Arthur, the environment in which I work is a... Martin Scholes
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