On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 10:16:13PM -0700, Rob 'Feztaa' Park wrote: > Alas! Rocco Rutte spake thus: > > In Germany there's a campaign running to connect every school to the > > internet. IIRC, Microsoft and Compaq are involved by contributing > > hardware and software for free/for low price. So what to expect? > > Yuck. It's bad enough that MS practically owns all the schools in NA. > > > In Computer Science I spent two terms on creating a website on something > > dealing with new media (okay, surfing all the time and hacking it > > together in 1/2 day before deadline). Others students have to write web > > pages with Word and do some 'office' with Works. Again: what to expect? > > Computer Science? You mean, university level computer science? They > teach you to use MSWord at university? Get your money back, you were > cheated! Any idiot can use Word with no training. To spend money on > learning this is nothing more than a waste.
Well, while I would agree that word isn't computer science...people could stand to learn it properly....nearly everyone I know absolutely mangles stuff with it, similarly with excel. Like most things, it is easy to use badly. Michael -- Dr Michael A. Maibaum - (W)+1 (415) 561 1682 - (H)+1 (415) 626 6733 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.gene-hacker.net/>
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