__/ [ AB ] on Friday 30 March 2007 18:42 \__
> On 2007-03-30, B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>> Is this an article by one of our resident Windows enthusiasts, or is it a
>> spoof by "7"?
>>
>> "Open source has its time and place, and its time and place isn?t on the
>> $100 laptop for students. Students need to learn about technology with the
>> primary tools that are actually used by other people. They may "learn"
>> about computers and technology on this laptop, but if you sat them down in
>> front of a real OS, they wouldn?t know what to do. Shouldn?t we teach them
>> computer skills that are actually going to help them in the future?"
>>
>>
http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=&task=view&id=2509
>
> That can't be a spoof by 7. It's readable.
No, it's him:
http://www.brandonwatts.net/
http://www.lockergnome.com/about/staff.phtml#brandon
He belongs in a Mac advocacy group, IMHO. There's bias.
> It can't be something written by the hand of one of our beloved
> Windufii. It sounds like exactly the reason applied to eliminate
> Windoze as a platform to teach kids about computing and computers in
> schools.
>
> OK, so maybe a Windummie stole the idea and tried in vain to apply it
> the OLPC.
It seems like the whole thing was written in a rush. No facts, no references,
and nothing at all to back 'quick facts'. It weakens the essay as a whole.
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