Kirby, I think we're largely in agreement here, it just seemed that you were saying that what you do as a small business and what Microsoft does is ethically equivalent, which I don't agree with. I do agree that the solution is not to legislate business out of schools. I think the solution is to a) ignore Microsoft, and b) make Microsoft irrelevant (they are allowed to help with this, and have been making great progress %-)
> What I want to do: field a fleet of cybervans to roam the country, > coming > to town in circus mode, and staging educational knock-your-socks- > off events, > or inservice trainings with less fanfare, then leave. Schools > exposed to > this new curriculum will usually wanting more -- it's an exciting > future > we're advertising. Where do I sign up? I'd seriously like to hear more about this. My wife is doing her Ph.D. in Education right now, and keeps asking herself (and me), "why am I doing this?" We're looking for more signs of progressive change. > I've already made a lot of progress in this direction. So what if > some of > these cybervans have a Google decal on the side? Or 4D Solutions. Or > Global Data Corporation. All good companies. And if Microsoft > wants to > field similar assets? Well, why not. We'll compete. We believe > in a level > playing field. I also want to start teaching Python in the community, but am having trouble starting (both figuring out a good starting point, and freeing time from other commitments). I'd like to hear more about your progress, maybe I can get inspired to join you. --Dethe Choosing software is not a neutral act. It must be done consciously; the debate over free and proprietary software can’t be limited to the differences in the applications’ features and ergonomics. To choose an operating system, or software, or network architecture is to choose a kind of society. --Lemaire and Decroocq (trans. by Tim Bray) _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
