Re: [opensuse] Why are there not more using Linux?

James Knott wrote:
Why is it that people have to learn Windows or Microsoft Office,
instead of how to use a computer or an office suite? Do you teach
your kids how to drive a Ford? Or how to drive a car? We should be
teaching skills, not products.

I love my kids too much to teach them to drive a Ford. <g>

Seriously, I don't think it's a valid comparison. Cars are designed to
be nearly universal, and those differences that exist (headlight,
cruise, heater controls, etc.) can be figured out in minutes. Operating
systems and the applications that run on them have much steeper learning
curves.

I'm not suggesting that kids should't be exposed to Linux. Or that it
shouldn't be their OS of choice (if it really is their choice). But
preventing them from learning anything about Windows and Microsoft
applications isn't doing them a favor.

You and I might prefer an open source world, but that's not the world
most of us live in, and have to earn a living in.
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