Re: Linux killer!

From: Bill Perkins (perk_at_iag.net)
Date: 10/29/05

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    Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:19:28 -0400
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    Tim wrote:
    > On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 13:46 +0100, malcolm wrote:
    >
    >
    >>It will save the school £20000 per year, so why does it suck
    >>
    >>Because we can't watch Yahoo music videos and that was it - Ok I did
    >>point out that they weren't suppose to be watching them at all really
    >>but that doesn't cut much ice with teenagers.
    >
    >
    > Methinks that when it comes to vasts amount of money, and students are
    > supposed to do what they're told to do, that the more things that
    > reinforce that you have to do what you're told, because you can't do
    > otherwise, the better.
    >
    > Yes, I spent something like 12 years working in schools, and it's much
    > better for the staff when the students buckle and accept that they're
    > not there to do as they see fit. Conversely, the more students get
    > their way, the more they expect that they can do that with everything.
    > It undermines discipline.
    >
    > There's swings and balances, and *some* things are optional for
    > students. But, if as you've said, they're not supposed to be playing
    > Yahoo music videos, then they've got to learn to accept that. It's a
    > right pain for employers to have to break-in students, now, because the
    > schools have failed to do that traditional role.
    >

    Heh heh... sounds about right; more reason to install Linux: you can
    keep _much_ better control over the student's systems, and you don't
    have to worry so much about spyware/adware/viruses/worms. To say nothing
    of the maintenance involved; with Fedora, you can keep the systems at
    the level _you_ want in terms of updates and packages. 

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