On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 14:19, Victor Zaslavsky wrote: > 1. Do not forget support cost - it usually higher for Linux than for > Windows (there was appropriate IDC report).
A research paid for by Microsoft. Allow me to be skeptical... ;-) Linux is sometime cheaper and sometimes not so is every other solution out there, but how do you qualify in the freedom and values you pass to your children? A REAL school will choose Linux (and other free technologies) and will use the *opportunity* to build a group of older children which will support, guide and help their younger friends and the teachers. This way, not only does support costs less - the children also learn a really valuable skill set for life and also something more then a skill set. Think I'm dreaming? anyone here from the Leyada school raise you hands... > 2. I want my kids to be ready to start their work immediately in any > normal office. Why should I to sacrifice competitive strength of my kids > to OS wars? So you think what your children need to be successful adults is full knowledge of Word? Funny, I prefer my children to learn to think for themselves, be self reliant, learn to solve problems and be creative, learn to protect their rights and ask smart questions, not operate a word processor like good drones. And for this they need tools they can take apart and put together again like Lego, not closed source systems. And you know what? if they will learn these things then it's the other children, those that will learn Word at school, that we will need to be worried about their "competitive strengths" just like all my friends from collage that learned Microsoft technologies that wont do them any bit of good to take your last job offer discovered. Gilad. -- Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://benyossef.com Q: "What do you do if your Linux box goes down?" A: "Sit around in the dark until the power comes back on" ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
