Re: Your Mission (should you choose to accept it)

[cg@cdegroot.com (Cees de Groot)]

marshal@marshal.co.uk said:
> I think that the basic premise that there can be some identifiable
> educational purpose (from a pedagogical pov) to using Linux rather
> than W98, RISC OS, System 8 orwhatever is flawed. [...] Their attitudes 
> towards these machines is not overtly based on the OS, but on the software
> available.

That's been my idea when starting the OSES project, which is probably best 
described as the platform-independent sibling of SEUL-EDU. See www.oses.org 
for initial details.

Still, I'm glad that Linux advocates are pushing Linux apps in this area, 
because if there is one lesson learned from the Microsoft disaster, it is that 
people go where the apps are.


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