Re: Linux takeup

2001-12-27 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:44:52 +1130 Mike Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 07:30, Michael Scottaline wrote: Do you happen to know what is used in their schools (or gymnasiums). No. I didn't look at this area. I'd only be guessing if I said

Linux in German schools and elsehere, was: Linux takeup

2001-12-20 Thread Klaus-Peter Schrage
Also sprach Michael Scottaline am Mittwoch, 19. Dezember 2001 21:00: = Verrry interesting, Mike. Thanks for the observations. I wonder what the feed back from our European friends on the list will be like. Do you happen to know what is used in their schools (or gymnasiums).

Linux takeup

2001-12-19 Thread Mike Andrew
Folks, I've just come back from the Netherlands and I think many of you would be interested in the following (mercifully brief) observations I made while there. Europeans on this list would correct me, but these are impressions from an outsider. RS6000's are the name of the game. IBM have a

Re: Linux takeup

2001-12-19 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 05:05:21 +1130 Mike Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I've just come back from the Netherlands and I think many of you would be interested in the following (mercifully brief) observations I made while there. Europeans on this list would correct me, but these are

Re: Linux takeup

2001-12-19 Thread Collins Richey
[ snips ] On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 05:05:21 +1130 Mike Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I've just come back from the Netherlands and I think many of you would be interested in the following (mercifully brief) observations I made while there. Europeans on this list would correct me, but

Re: Linux takeup

2001-12-19 Thread Douglas J Hunley
Michael Scottaline babbled on about: do their students get used to using? One of te key to MS success in the US is the near ubiquitous presence in the school systems [yes some schools use Macs, but increasingly it seems many more are moving to M$. I know; funny you should say that...

Re: Linux takeup

2001-12-19 Thread Dave Anselmi
Douglas J Hunley wrote: funny you should say that... *every* (and that is NOT an exaggeration) school district I've been in has been *entirely* mac-based. in fact, our district just spent *oodles* replacing every computer in the district with grape imacs.. (ugly fricking things). they act

Re: Linux takeup

2001-12-19 Thread Ted Ozolins
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 08:49 pm, Dave Anselmi wrote: Of course, I'm not sure what use computers are in schools, outside of computer science classes (for students, anyway, faculty is a different story). But that's another rant and I'm not an educator so I'll spare you... Dave Good