2010/7/28 Petter Reinholdtsen <[email protected]>: > [Andreas B. Mundt] >> The "Gymnasium" in Germany takes at least 12 years and pupils start >> school at about 6 years age. There are many pupils which are up to 18 >> or even 19 years old. > > It is similar in Norway now. While I believe it would be fine to > extend our target group downwards from 7 to 6 years, I believe it is a > mistake to extend it upwards. Not because I would not love to be able > to cater for the needs of all schools teaching 16-19-year olds, but > because I believe we are simply not able to do so at this time. > > As the pupils grow older, their needs on the computer side become more > and more specialized, and it is unlikely that we will be able to > provide all the tools needed by that the schools for 16-18 age group. > > This is the reason why we have always focused on the age group up to > 16, and not tried to spread our resources thinner. :) > >> The opinion what the "best" tool is will probably differ from user >> to user, from country to country. But at least we can think about >> removing tools nobody considers "the best". > > Sure it will differ. And that is why we need to be brave enough to > make a decision and stick to it by choosing which one we believe it > best, and drop other alternatives from the default installation. > > The DVD is overfull, and options increase congintive strain for those > that need to select which tool to use and confuse those that want to > to use Debian Edu. Not making a choice is doing our users a > disservice. >
hi, maybe I'm missing something here, but is there a reason why we can't add a second DVD to Debian Edu Squeeze ? I discovered Debian with Woody on 8 CD, Lenny has now 31 and this week's testing has... 52 !?! (who will burn 52 CDs ??) Can't we adapt our distro to this always growing archive ? Olivier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
