On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:49:10 +0200, Wesley S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We primarily work in Microsoft Visual Basic and > Microsoft Access, but I refuse to do that. I know what you mean, it becomes really irritating being forced to use MS for some things. Yet that is life. Idealism is great, but pragmatism is king in this case. The open source movement is something that has been growing slowly over the last few decades, and has now reached a critical mass so that it is impossible to ignore from within companies and government, and slowly also schools. When you come on the jobmarket having Linux /open-source expirience, amd possibly having participated in opensource projects will be a big advantage, but knowing MS software will be a basic requirement. If you want your school to improve their practices I think you have to accept that they should offer a balanced curiculum, not either MS or Linux or OSX. So instead of boycotting things you don't like, you will probably have a more positive impact if you complete those assignements, and then repeat the same assignement using Postgres, or Mysql or the Open Office database tool or something. I know that is a lot more work, but at least it will open the eyes of your teachers to the fact that there is something else out there too, and instead of getting worse marks you are likely to get very good ones. I use Linux and open-source exlusively where I work, which is against all company policies, but is allowed because they know the Linux users are the more productive people. We are however expected to dop our own boontjes and not expect any support. My first job many years ago was programming a sales application in... MS Access. Knowing both worlds puts you in a much stronger position. Groeten, Richard PS Is er ergens ook een nederlandstalige ubuntu mailing list? ubuntu-nl lijkt dood... mischien moet er een ubuntu-vl bijkomen? -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
