Re: OT: Linux holds back the kids

2008-12-16 Thread Arthur Pemberton
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Don Raikes don.rai...@oracle.com wrote: I agree wholeheartedly. My oldest son is in college (ready to graduate this year), and last christmas break he converted his laptop to ubuntu. When my youngest son had problems with vista on his brand-new laptop, he

RE: OT: Linux holds back the kids

2008-12-16 Thread Don Raikes
I agree wholeheartedly. My oldest son is in college (ready to graduate this year), and last christmas break he converted his laptop to ubuntu. When my youngest son had problems with vista on his brand-new laptop, he installed ubuntu as a dual boot and was able to use it for everything except

Re: OT: Linux holds back the kids

2008-12-15 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 16:52:53 -0800, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear all, This is somewhat OT, but in light of this, I have to disagree with that teacher who made the claim. Make sure you read the followups here. There were some misundstandings and the original

Re: OT: Linux holds back the kids

2008-12-15 Thread Arthur Pemberton
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Bruno Wolff III br...@wolff.to wrote: On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 16:52:53 -0800, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear all, This is somewhat OT, but in light of this, I have to disagree with that teacher who made the claim. Make sure you read

Re: OT: Linux holds back the kids

2008-12-15 Thread Ed Greshko
Antonio Olivares wrote: I hope you enjoy reading the article if you get to it. Huummm Sounds like some of the discussions on this list :-) -- It is only people of small moral stature who have to stand on their dignity. mei-mei.gres...@greshko.com signature.asc Description: