those kind of assumptions are advantageous to MSFT :-) i think it would be pointless to convince the school administrators when we should be convincing the students instead. and i have to admit that there are a lot of usability issues with a Linux Desktop as compared to other desktop OS. you can still get away with though, but only if you jail the user to a specific application ala kiosk, Web browser :-)
> < > > 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 > > Department of Computer Science > University of the Philippines - Diliman > Quezon City 1101 Philippines > Tel/Fax: +63 2 434 3877
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