11-Year-Old Becomes Network Admin for Alabama School

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday March 30, 2008 @03:19AM from the hope-he's-salaried dept.

alphadogg points out a story about 11-year-old Jon Penn, who took over control of a 60-computer school network in Alabama after the old administrator suddenly left. Penn provides technical support, selects software, and teaches his classmates about computers. From NetworkWorld: "The first thing Jon found as he leapt into the role of network manager was that he had to map out the network to find out what was on it. He bought some tools for this at CompUSA and realized there was an ungodly amount of computer viruses and spam, so he pressed the school to invest in filtering and antivirus protection. 'These computers are so old they don't support all antivirus programs,' Penn says. The school took advantage of a Microsoft effort called Fresh Start that offers free software upgrades for schools with donated computers, switching from Windows 98 to Windows 2000."

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First Godwin Post by tomhudson · 2008-03-30 03:46 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Also, support for Win2K ends in 2010. Microsoft has thus successfully kept a school away from the alternatives, without giving them the next 5 years free.

Well, you know how it is - get them while they're young. Worked for the Hitler Youth with the current pope ...
Impressive but NOT a good thing by pla · 2008-03-30 03:47 · Score: 0, Flamebait

11-Year-Old Becomes Network Admin for Alabama School

...Thus saving the school from hiring an actual qualified professional, while bordering on violation of child labor laws.

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Way to teach the snowflakes about capitalism, comrades...