I agree fully. Linux is better and safer. But they seem hellbent on getting their students to use Windows. For laughs the kids in year 7 start off with this on their school netbook:
Individual software packages MS Office Professional 2010 $80.30 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Publisher, OneNote) (EULA needs to be signed) DyKnow $47.00 Microworlds EX Robotics (PC/Mac) $27.50 Inspiration V8 (PC/Mac) $50.60 Graphmatica $4.40 Sophos Anti-virus $30.00 Network Cable $6.00 Labels for laptop and bag $1.00 Additional Software Home Studio (Yr 7 and 8 Music) $50.00 Upgrade from Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional $103.40 Software packages also installed (either free of charge or cost covered by School) are ArtRage, Acrobat Reader, Cite Ace, Mavis Beacon Typing, Scratch, Wordweb, Kahootz, Comic Life, Ni Hao, French Gamemaker, NewsMaker, Yenka Science, Autodesk Inventor. ******* Gimp? Python? Linux? Inkscape? Blender? That software may as well be on the moon. [sobs into beer...oh well, at least they get to buy anti-virus gear...:)] John On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:09 PM, hackingKK <hackin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 30/05/11 15:45, John Thornton wrote: > >> Hello >> Is it a waste of time to try to get school admins to put python in >> their school laptops? >> >> OK. Here's the crib for the rest[!] of the world. Here in Australia >> most secondary schools [that is kids from age approx 12-18] have some sort >> of netbook/laptop program. I have looked at a few schools and they put >> visual basic in but not python. [unless of course it's a mac where python >> may already be in it] . This is a curious omission when Blender needs python >> to run. >> > > Even better, try convincing them to use Ubuntu instead of a virus called > Where I Never Do Operations With Safety, or WINDOWS for short. > That way Python will come by default and VB will be out of question > Happy hacking. > Krishnakant. > >
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