it clearly does work in other implementations, like the consoles.
You're wrong, I could walk down to any shopping mall in Thailand and get a modded xbox360, wii or PS3 as well as pick from a catalogue of over 500 games for each which would be burned onto blank disks.
If they're going to open source the game where is it? All I see is plans to open source, they could turn around at the last minute and change their minds.
There is a difference between "I have been using Linux since" and "I tried Linux in college".
You're also not realising that she has absolutely no clue what she is talking about. Not because she "tried Linux" and that's her impression, but because she made the whole thing up to win her argument.
How could some who "tried" Linux think it's illegal to install and have? It's total bullshit, she never tried anything, it's completely made up.
It's not about forcing people to use Linux. The kids will work on whatever laptops they're given.
The point here is that the governments are going with the wrong solution because:
- There isn't enough money for the windows solution to give every kid a laptop - Applications hosted over the internet is just dumb, if the internet connection dies no one can do their work. - If windows was given away for free Microsoft would most likely charge for the hosted apps.
If anything it shows how desperate people are to go with a windows solution even though it's accepted as being the worse one.
who the hell are you to try to shove Linux down their throats?
Whose doing what now? That statement is pretty fucking dumb seeming as no one here has any connections to the Australian government.
It seems you won't be happy unless the Australian government has taken the wrong decision wasting money and not holding it's goal of giving every kid a laptop.
Oh I'm sure they'll thank you two or three years down the line when Microsoft finds it's not economically viable to be hosting those apps anymore for the schools and shuts down the servers rendering the laptops useless without the education software.
Do you also care so much about giving school kids a choice over what textbooks they use too? Seriously, grow up.
Who cares if she was aware of open source software?
She threatened him with legal action, she wrote to him first, not the other way around. She lied and said she "used Linux in college" so she knows what she's talking about.
This is the worse IT teacher ever and shouldn't be working as one.
Statistically it should have happened so I fail to see your point that it's improbable. We're not talking about a comet the size of the moon hitting earth here... OH SH
There's making mistakes then there is getting pissed because the student knows more then you and is teaching (disrupting) your class.
There's making mistakes then there is threatening people with the law when they have absolutely no knowledge of what they're talking about.
There's making mistakes then there is lying about "using Linux in college" and pretending to know about a subject she shouldn't be teaching in the first place.
It's obvious the Karen was pissed because the kid was stealing her thunder by teaching when that is clearly her job with her superior intellect and knowledge of MS word.
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You're wrong, I could walk down to any shopping mall in Thailand and get a modded xbox360, wii or PS3 as well as pick from a catalogue of over 500 games for each which would be burned onto blank disks.
If they're going to open source the game where is it? All I see is plans to open source, they could turn around at the last minute and change their minds.
So you don't have evidence. OK, bye bye.
There is a difference between "I have been using Linux since" and "I tried Linux in college".
You're also not realising that she has absolutely no clue what she is talking about. Not because she "tried Linux" and that's her impression, but because she made the whole thing up to win her argument.
How could some who "tried" Linux think it's illegal to install and have? It's total bullshit, she never tried anything, it's completely made up.
Yeah the class was obviously about how to use MS Word.
Your point was that even if she loaded up the disk it could be a liveCD with extra stuff..
There only so much investigation she can do. Either way she overreacted before even checking her facts.
From the article you didn't read..
Also, Why are you talking about re-training for? These are laptops for the kids not the teachers.
Are you trying to suggest that a kid couldn't figure out how to open and use firefox or open office on a netbook? What nonsense.
and why would school kids using the laptops to web browser and do office need that?
What the hell are you talking about?
There's nothing difficult about using Linux in a school environment. What are these laptops going to be used for? Office and Web Browsing at most.
Go away troll.
So what's the difference? They're crap on windows, they're crap on Ubuntu.. I don't see the point you're making here..
I think you've completely missed the point.
It's not about forcing people to use Linux. The kids will work on whatever laptops they're given.
The point here is that the governments are going with the wrong solution because:
- There isn't enough money for the windows solution to give every kid a laptop
- Applications hosted over the internet is just dumb, if the internet connection dies no one can do their work.
- If windows was given away for free Microsoft would most likely charge for the hosted apps.
If anything it shows how desperate people are to go with a windows solution even though it's accepted as being the worse one.
Whose doing what now? That statement is pretty fucking dumb seeming as no one here has any connections to the Australian government.
It seems you won't be happy unless the Australian government has taken the wrong decision wasting money and not holding it's goal of giving every kid a laptop.
Oh I'm sure they'll thank you two or three years down the line when Microsoft finds it's not economically viable to be hosting those apps anymore for the schools and shuts down the servers rendering the laptops useless without the education software.
Do you also care so much about giving school kids a choice over what textbooks they use too? Seriously, grow up.
Not for long.
Then maybe you should go back and actually read it...
Who cares if she was aware of open source software?
She threatened him with legal action, she wrote to him first, not the other way around. She lied and said she "used Linux in college" so she knows what she's talking about.
This is the worse IT teacher ever and shouldn't be working as one.
10 minutes?! Free Software Foundation is the second link on google!
Yeah poor Karen, a shit teacher that remained anonymous while Ken had to take phone calls from people around the world frothing at the mouth.
This women should of been named and fired.
Do you happen to be the Dave "you gave my computer to a retard!" that Ken writes about in his blog?
Statistically it should have happened so I fail to see your point that it's improbable. We're not talking about a comet the size of the moon hitting earth here... OH SH
There's making mistakes then there is getting pissed because the student knows more then you and is teaching (disrupting) your class.
There's making mistakes then there is threatening people with the law when they have absolutely no knowledge of what they're talking about.
There's making mistakes then there is lying about "using Linux in college" and pretending to know about a subject she shouldn't be teaching in the first place.
She's a teacher not the RIAA police.
It's obvious the Karen was pissed because the kid was stealing her thunder by teaching when that is clearly her job with her superior intellect and knowledge of MS word.
Where's your evidence to disprove it? You're as guilty as everyone else until you have evidence to suggest otherwise.
Wrong, he posted on his blog about the "ignorance of people".
It wasn't until pcpro picked it up with the title "Teacher threatens to call the cops over Linux" when the whole thing turned into a whoring event.
Umm.. now if only we could figure out which person in the UK phoned him up and would buy Karen's last name for $1000..
mm.. UK... pcpro.co.uk... mmm, well I can't figure this out..
What makes you believe he made it up? Prove to me he made it up. You can't you're a hypocrite, you're lying yourself.
Except she wasn't a good teacher. She got pissed off because the student was doing her job, teaching the class.