Paolo Falcone wrote:

> The youth's creativity will be lost if Microsoft would
> have them. Such a waste. If only the education sector
> or even the government realizes that we've got lots of
> untapped, talented students... it would benefit much
> if they would contribute in developing the future of
> the Linux kernel. Linux is the future...

I'm sure Sacha is one of those "creative youths." (eh, Sacha? ;) ) As for me, well, 
I'm not really inclined to
programming (but I do simple code sometimes), and I never got to enrol in a comp sci 
course (I'm taking up Economics
and I don't plan to take two undergraduate degrees). However, it is really a pleasure 
for me to use Linux on desktops
(especially thin ones) and in networking. I can't believe, though, many of the youths 
are really on their own to
start on Linux(everything was Microsoft oriented in school when I took up computers in 
Grade 4!). Those who make it
into using Linux had to dig up a lot of that Microsoft propoganda before hitting the 
"golden OS." (hehehe) At least
Linux gets people who do not merely desire money and who would really strive hard. 
Probably one of the best immediate
thing to do is to make "getting started" with Linux easier, and I do really feel that 
the community has been really
delivering on this.

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