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Story: Government: Open source could halve school IT bills
Posted by: Martin Scholes (Tuesday 10 May 2005, 1:47 PM)
Thank you, annonymous.
Perhaps ulike you, I want computers and software that help me do my job. Which is not in IT. That's all.
I, and everyone else not involved in the IT industry (journalism, secretarial work, accounts, etc., etc.,) do not want or need to know about computer architecture and the like.
Years ago, people in offices used typewriters. They did not need to become typewriter mechanics, just typists. Expert typewriter engineers dealt with that side of it.
Am I Luddite? No, just someone who wants computers to help me perform my job to the best of my abilities
Some people (not all) who have responded to my posts here have a rather superior attitude.
Not everyone works in IT. Remembering this might help when you deal with people in the outside world who need to have products that do the job they want it to do when they need it. Without wanting to be IT professionals.
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Look at the so... steffen
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Great. We'll have a generation of people taught to... Martin Scholes
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Martin,
Rather short-sighted. Have you even... Anonymous
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this is a very narrow pers... george
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Fear of change? Or a lack of time to emb... Martin Scholes
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ajority of offices use MS Office pr... Andrew M.A. Cater -
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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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@ Steve Connors
Unless, of course, it is... Martin Scholes
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In Canada, the PEEL District shool board is or has... george
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I think everyone here is missing the point.
I hav... Marc
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*Please* can we have some balanced views and... Chris Nixon
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"Great. We'll have a generation of people taught t... Seb
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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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