3 ms·
While I understand Stallman's appeal to morals, the concerns a school has is preparing students for the future and technical support for administration. The on
by asciimov 6y ago
While I understand Stallman's appeal to morals, the concerns a school has is preparing students for the future and technical support for administration.
The only software kids really have to understand before leaving school is Windows and Office, because every business uses it.
If you have an issue with a Microsoft product you can get help for it. The same can't be said for open source products.
- ragnese 6y agoIt's a vicious cycle, though. The kids learn MS Office (and basically no actual computer savvy skills) and then they become manager some day and buy a shit-ton of Office licenses for a business/department that doesn't need any of that. I've seen these "computer" classes here in the U.S. It's embarrassing stuff like "which menu is the 'copy' command in?". That wont even be true for later versions of Office/Photoshop/Whatever anyway!
- asciimov 6y agoThose "computer" classes, like the majority of US classes, target the least capable students. You gotta start them somewhere. Long ago I was trained with MS Works, a extinct product that I sometimes miss.
- Avamander 6y ago> The only software kids really have to understand before leaving school is Windows and Office, because every business uses it. Absolutely not. They need to understand the fundamentals that allow them to use any software they have to. MSOffice is a microscopic part of the computing kids need to understand this decade.