On Mon, 14 May 2007 20:05:43 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ William Poaster ] on Monday 14 May 2007 18:31 \__
>
>> On Sat, 12 May 2007 14:24:31 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> School District Fires Network Manager
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The technology audit and firing come as the district attempts to |
>>> transition many of its computers from the Windows ME operating |
>>> system to a Linux operating system. Linux is an open-source |
>>> operating system, which means no one owns the rights to source | code
>>> and anyone can manipulate it to make a new version. The | switch to
>>> Linux should save the district hundreds of thousands | of dollars,
>>> Bexley administrators claim. |
>>> | "Linux was my idea," Mason said.
>>> |
>>> | Some teachers, according to high school teacher Ben Trotter, were
>>> upset by the plan to switch to Linux because they did not have input
>>> into the decision.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.thisweeknews.com/?sec=home&story=sites/twn/content/pool/
>> exclusives/051107-News-Bexley.html
>>
>> So here we have a bunch of "teachers", who are NOT interested in
>> learning anything new. They lie on the floor & bang their fists in
>> little tantrums, because *they* "think" they know about OSs. The fact
>> that they prefer Windows ME, (which even M$ admits was a clunker) says
>> a *lot* about them. And these people are allowed to teach kids? IMHO,
>> *they* are the ones who should have been fired.
>
> I hope they get MEII. That'll make them suffer.
But doesn't it just show the mindset of some people? I could partly
understand it if they used Win2k, but *ME*!!??! I wonder if they suffer
from the "M$ Prisoner Mentality"
http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?p=154&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
> The whole district, however, is moving to Linux. Based on what I've
> seen in Digg (I had a prominent comment there), the school will carry
> on with Linux nonetheless.
Good for them.
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