On 27/01/2008, Fred Okuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A little bit off-topic now, but Becta gave one > good reason in their report to recommend 'open > software' in educational environment. > > My summary: > - Some say students should be familiar with > 'industry standard' software (meaning Microsoft > Office). > - Not true. Students are now highly computer > literate. They can use many types of applications. > - Multi-vendor skill sets should enhance > employability in the 21st century, not limit it.
Thanks for posting this - I think this is _highly_ relevant to free software advocacy! Talking to graphic design college professors and working professionals I hear this lame "oh its not industry standard so I would never use it" excuse _constantly_ - so I'm very glad to read this :-) -- Regards, Dave _______________________________________________ Advocate mailing list [email protected] http://badvista.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/advocate
