Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Howard Lowndes wrote:
The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) may increase the
penetration of Linux on its 165,000 desktop fleet because open source is
"clearly an industry trend".
Because it's trendy? Yeesh! I couldn't think of a WORSE reason to make
a specific technology decision.
Education departments are expected to anticipate trends so
that workers are educated with relevant skills.
For an *education* provider choosing something solely because
it is an "industry trend" is ample reasoning and a good thing.
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