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Story: Microsoft's education claims rebuffed
Posted by: Abe (Tuesday 17 May 2005, 5:48 PM)
With Windows, students learn like "Monkey see, Monkey do". On FOSS, students learn the fundamentals of computing, and consequetly, they will be able to work with any OS or apps. Now tell me which one is more empowering and should be used in schools?
Photoshop, etc... are easily replaced by GIMP, InkScape, etc... and for free. Why waste the schools badly needed money when you can have much better tools for free?
Now please, be serious. It is time to be sensible and realistic.
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Story: Microsoft's education claims rebuffed
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what about photoshop, illustrator, flash and all t... steve morris -
Sensible about what? The applications you me... Robert -
In the 1950s, the UK school system stopped pretend... Anonymous
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With Windows, students learn like "Monkey se... Abe -
It's bad enough that kids are coming out of school... Ian Smith
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I keep hearing this tired and invalid argument tha... Keith Milner
