Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 9:53:56 AM, you wrote: <snip>
bt> In the Studio2 interview, Mr. Bernard proclaims that one of his longterm bt> goals is to ween the Aboriginal people of Canada off of the social bt> welfare addiction that has been created through years of Federal bt> Government subsidies and make them self sufficient, entrepreneurial and bt> succesful members of the global economy. Well, doesn't the reliance of bt> corporate software giants such as Microsoft, Adobe, Macromedia and bt> others sort of defeat that purpose? bt> Perhaps I'm being a wee bit idealistic, but if Aboriginal people are bt>learning anything about I.T. with the expectation that they will be able bt>to empower their own people, communities, etc., don't open source bt>initiatives fit more appropriately with that goal? I don't think you're off the mark, but the reality is that - at least for now - it's the Microsoft/Adobe/Macromedia skillz that employers are currently capable of recognizing on a CV. It's a question of a balanced education, leveraged against what will help them get IT jobs, and this is where an "open source initiative" would be interesting to add to the mix...whatever that would be. </snip> bt> Bill bt> P.S. For those wondering, CLUE is not dead, it's merely in it's bt> chrysalis stage of development. Good to hear! -- Matt Cahill mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
