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Story: Microsoft's education claims rebuffed

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Sensible about what? The applications you mentioned are rarely used in the schools I have visited. I would rather see the schools move to a cheaper/better IT infrastructure and have the money saved get rolled back into the schools.

As to preparing kids for a windows-centric working world, let's be real. I have yet to meet a user who could not in a matter of 30 minutes figure their way around a GNU/Linux machine and become productive. The argument about retraining costs is a false one. The vast majority of users know how to point and click their way around a screen. Besides, every time MS comes out with a new email client, word processor, or OS, the menus change and the users have to relearn their applications or even the OS. Also, no one makes this argument when Apple Macs are installed in a school system and the Mac is VASTLY different from either Windows or Linux.

I use both platforms and have discovered that while running under GNU/Linux I dont worry about virii, spyware, etc. Under Windows I have to run spybot, Anti-virus, etc.

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