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A Monocultural Alternative: TheOpenCD

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. The wit and wisdom of the Dalai Lama by mattjb0010 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This t-shirt says it best: "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito -- Dalai Lama".

  2. Exactly right. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Exactly right. See this: History surrounding the U.S. war with Iraq: Four short stories

    As Dave Letterman said on his national TV talk show, when you make out the check to help pay for the $87,000,000,000, there are two "L"s in Halliburton, Vice President Dick Cheney's company. (It's called "using the power of government to help your friends get rich"; it's 100% government corruption.)

    However, it is not that there was a threat, only that there was a perceived threat. Quite possibly the threat to go to OS X was not real, and also only a perceived threat.