[geeks] Q: Regarding Linux in K-12 education

[Lionel Peterson]

On Jan 17, 2010, at 12:43 AM, gsm at mendelson.com wrote:

> Bear in mind the proposal on the table is not to INLCUDE FOSS in the
> curriculum or make it available as an option, but to REPLACE 100% of  
> all
> Microsoft software with Linux and FOSS.

Exactly. The stated goals are to stop sending ANY money to MS, and to  
keep computers for ten years...

The person suggesting this thinks his PhD from Yale and his personal  
experience working with R and Debian *prove* Linux is superior,  
despite his lack of experience with a network greater than 10  
workstations...

Lionel