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Or they can just ask MS to donate licenses. Better to teach these kids practical skills instead if software nobody uses.
by atonse 9y ago
Or they can just ask MS to donate licenses. Better to teach these kids practical skills instead if software nobody uses.
- erAck 9y agoSo you prefer to throw them into the MS mono culture pit.
- atonse 9y agoYes. This isn’t about open source idealism. You are teaching them job skills. MS Word is a useful job skill.
- erAck 9y agoUnderstanding how to use any word processor is a job skill. LibreOffice supports Akan, an official language spoken in Ghana. Projects could translate the UI to Akan so even more people would be able to use it.
- Sylos 9y agoIf you cannot transfer skills that you've learned in LO Writer to MS Word, then I don't think you've successfully learnt anything. And really, they live in a place where nobody uses either software.