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A Monocultural Alternative: TheOpenCD

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday November 20, 2003 @11:01AM from the or-at-least-a-nicer-monoculture dept.

GooseLiverPate writes "Computers and Composition Online has an article by Dr. Paul Cesarini concerning the risks of a Microsoft monoculture in education. He describes the relation between Open Source and Microsoft as: "one of gnats swarming around a large, slow-moving beast." and emphasises the lack of innovation in Internet Explorer and MS-Office. He suggests TheOpenCD as a possible bridge for schools and universities to Open Source, and includes a review of the newly released version 1.2."

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Re:How is this different than Knoppix? by RdsArts · 2003-11-20 21:16 · Score: 0, Flamebait

It's far easier to use the programs alongside a already-installed system then to have to reboot each time you wish to switch between the two.

Plus, in all honesty, Windows needs more exposure to Free software. GNU/Linux will not be around forever and it's better to show that the idea of Free software itself is the good thing, not just one operating system.