On 1999-06-02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Boanne Lorraine> said:
>}- If proper computing methods and tools are the sole propriety
>}- of marketing manipulations -- and not developed for the
>}- general public welfare -- then we have a corrupt system, in my
>}- opinion. I'd vigorously resist such a state of affairs.
>Indeed we do have a corrupt system. And at the risk of getting
>hordes of Boo's crashing down on my poor head - this is one of
>the main problems of the "capitialistic, free-market system."
>The general public good gets pushed aside and trampled on a lot
>under the aegis of "what's good for business and the market *IS*
>good for the public." Ha!
Education should never be treated as a mere marketable commodity.
If we feel that proper computer instruction should begin with logic and
commands, instead of pictures and mouse pointers, we should have a right to
choose between the two for ourselves and our children. Neither should our
choice of operating system methods for doing business hinder our access to
the Internet, simply because it doesn't conform to "popular preferences".
Freedom of expression should be a hallmark of democratic society, instead
of blind conformity to "leading market indicators".
Jerry
Internet Montana
-*- Everything I learned about education I taught myself!
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