[Gllug] open source centric ICT in Schools from Sept 2012 ?

[Phil Dobbin]

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On 11/01/12 11:21, Khusro Jaleel wrote:

> I saw this today on the Guardian as well as yesterday  and there
> were a few things that I noticed. [1]
> 
> why is the education secretary saying that "computer science"
> students are bored out of their skull at having to learn Word and
> Excel all day? What does that have to do with computer science?
> 
> Then I'm worried about what the industry really wants. Do they
> want someone who is good at general computer science and maths or
> do they just want to make sure there are enough developers who know
> about the currently popular programming languages so jobs can be
> filled.
> 
> In the Guardian coverage there are several references to people at 
> Google being happy about this change, indicating that perhaps it
> will be a good thing. There are also references to people at the
> Mercedes F1 team complaining that they can't find good people and
> that they have to train them up before they can contribute, but I'm
> not sure what's wrong with that. Why not take a good computer
> scientist and train him for some specific F1 GP specific skills he
> may be lacking. I'm guessing it would be better for them in the
> long run.
> 
> Of course I have no idea why they used the term "open source". This
> is just going to terribly muddle things up for everybody. I wonder
> what their reasoning behind the use of that "term" was?

I think they're applying the term "Open Source" purely as a buzzword.
Anything with Microsoft (still) & Google as major players ain't going
to be about anything but money...

Cheers,

Phil...



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