[Sussex] Schools

[Stephen Williams]

On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 14:29 +0000, berto wrote:
> the problem i see with this comes back to the age old argument, what are they used to using? Most people especially I have noticed school kids do not care about how x & y works they just want it to work and micro$oft stuff generally does that, having it so the kids use Linux with OO and who knows what else at school and then at home they use Windows and MS Office, it could cause more damage then do good. 
> 

The teacher in charge of IT at my childrens' primary school has
approached me with a view to assisting him with Linux. He's a real
convert, but quakes at the thought of introducing Linux to the school
before he knows enough about it.

So far he's tried Knoppix and SUSE. I'd suggest Gentoo but Ubuntu is
likely to be a better recommendation.

He can't wait to ditch Microsoft for various reasons.

> Which would mean schools would end up costing more as they have to go the long way and get both in the end.
> 
> Also through my university i am able to get Microsoft products for free, which i am know a lot of university are signing up to now.
> 
> -------Original Message-------
> > From: "Geoffrey J. Teale" <gteale at cmedresearch.com>
> > Subject: [Sussex] Schools
> > Sent: 09 May 2005 14:16:58
> >
> >  The Times Educational Supplement making a very good point:
> >  
> >  http://www.tes.co.uk/2094985
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> >  Geoff Teale
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> >  Free Software Foundation   -   tealeg at member.fsf.org
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