[GRLUG] Linux @ school.

[Tim Schmidt]

Just one nit to pick...

On 9/27/06, Szymon Machajewski <SMachaje at grcc.edu> wrote:
> As to Windows in education the answer is simple.  Most of business
> world uses Windows as workstation OS, therefore schools teach students
> how to use that OS.  And yes they do get a break from MS for spreading
> the disease.

It's never a good idea to teach to a product...  Your driving
instructor doesn't teach you how to drive a 4 cylinder stick shift
ford focus, and nothing else...  You learn how to drive autos in
general.  Same goes for computers and software.  In that sense, Linux
and OO.o are actually _more valuable_ teaching aids because they
_aren't_ what most businesses use.

--tim