On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:20:04 +0800, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:14:19 +0800, Big Chiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > and they were trained to use ms products :( > > Bah, let's face it. The average teacher is better off with MS products > than magpapakahirap sa Linux. Also, the average non-IT-techie end-user > is better off knowing how to use MS products. It's a more marketable > skill (see any want ads for "billing clerk; must know OpenOffice.Org > and SuSE 9.x" ?)
We are talking about teachers here. Do we train them to be marketable for whom? As for magpakahirap sa Linux, I will not disagree with you on this but it is getting easier everyday (maybe not but every month, sige heheh). We, in UP, are training teachers and staff to use OpenOffice.org and they are open to the idea of learning. If these teachers refuse to learn it, then they are NOT worth to be called a teacher in the first place! > Besides, M$ ain't so bad. The Bill and Mel Foundation has donated $20B > na daw for AIDS research and disease vaccination. If they throw some > $$$ to our poor public school teachers, and the price of that is using > M$ products, I'm all for it. I don't see any Linux-volunteerism-types > being able to cough up that scale of dough. Besides, the WinXP and > OfficeXP bundled with the "PC for public school teachers" is heftily > discounted. 90% isn't anything to sneeze at (tells you how much M$'s > margins are though... but I'll take what charity i can) The discount is NOT because humanitarian reasons but it is part of their marketing strategy. Give the user a taste of the product at minimal cost and then once they're hooked, charge them for the upgrade! :D Why do you think they are giving almost free training? <g> -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
