I had to comment.
The reason schools now have M$ products is 3 fold.
1. Business uses M$ products, business has a huge say in what is taught
in schools. "What kind of workers
do you need today."
Art, Music, Literature, Ethics, and Drama don't carry any weight
with business so they get 0 "zero" funding
Math and Science get some funding so the ladder climbers can us
smart people for ladder wrung.
Sports and Creative BS your way to the top, get tons of funding.
2. M$ is pushing like crazy to get it's products in to the schools.
M$ can market like no other company I know of
3. Can I hire a Linux SA for the same as an NT SA?
Is Linux easier to support then NT?
Now if your school needs computers, many of the biggest companies in
this country will grant schools $ to purchase computers. Not with OSX or
Linux but you guessed it M$ products. The computer lab at my kids
school has better PC's then I do (doesn't take much). They must have
35-40 PC's with 17 inch displays.
Do the computers get used for educating my kids? My Daughter (12) is
able to type and spell without using a spell check. Yes she can use a
computer and she is getting an education (parish school). My son (9) is
still hunting and pecking but he can spell almost any word. Computers
and Calculators are not aloud to be used for Math. I'm relearning
algebra now and it's really fun, sort of.
My son uses his computer to access the Hennepin County Library System
http://www.hclib.org to get books, video, music, and anything else he
can find. He can renew anything he has checked out in a heart beat. He
has his own account and password both on my network and on the
http://www.hclib.org web site.
The best thing I did (computer oriented) for my kids was to teach them
how to find things on http://www.hclib.org We don't buy or rent
movies, we buy books but not everyone they want to read. My son's home
page is http://www.hclib.org he can't get enough of it. I take 2
trips a week to the library and I don't mind one bit.
This years best Holiday gift has to be http://www.hclib.org for your
kids or your self.
Sam.
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