Snipped from the article: "Students, she said, were often using Windows in their home, thus the confusion in the use of applications."
If people are used to a certain operating system + application combination, it would make sense to use that familiarity to avoid training required to use another OS + apps combination. Perhaps we have to look into this first. http://fotografi.blogspot.com On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Rommel Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > < > http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080711-147772/RP-college-replaces-open-source-system-with-Microsoft-OS > > > Folks - why are we still getting press releases like this one? Shouldn't we > be covering the schools already? I mean, PLUG should help schools to keep > using FOSS. The reason that it is confusing their students is very lame. > Whoever has any connections with St. Paul's, can you please let them see the > light? :) > > -- > Prof. Rommel P. Feria > Apple Distinguished Educator / Sun Java Champion > > >
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