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These are newbie children learning their first apps. They don't need "professional" features or ground-breaking UX. Not to mention these apps are generally b
by digisign 4y ago
These are newbie children learning their first apps. They don't need "professional" features or ground-breaking UX. Not to mention these apps are generally better than MS stuff from the 90s, which were good enough.
Learn a spreadsheet, pick up any spreadsheet easily for the rest of your life.
- kcplate 4y agoIf the cost to entry is lower, but the costs to maintain is higher, to the point where it’s a wash or worse (according to some comments on this thread from people managing education tech), why wouldn’t you use the de facto standard? Seems to me the only reason to push FOSS in that case is for activism purposes over any real value to the student.
- digisign 4y agoSuch extreme short-term thinking, resulting in the propping up of monopolies. At school no less. The point of school is to support society, not corporate earnings. Not to mention any so-called deficiencies could be remedied in two years by directing 1% of the budget from private jets to FLOSS.
- kcplate 4y ago> Not to mention any so-called deficiencies could be remedied in two years by directing 1% of the budget from private jets to FLOSS. Not sure there are too many school districts with private jets, but if you are referring to the corporate software publishers, i am pretty sure there would be much better things to spend 1% on other than supporting FOSS to benefit and support society.