Is this really a problem? Schools have long solved this problem with imaging software like deepfreeze or steadystate. Not to mention, they might not be too fond

Is this really a problem? Schools have long solved this problem with imaging software like deepfreeze or steadystate. Not to mention, they might not be too fond of emacs or or write a term paper on gedit. You can piss on Word all you like, but it gets used for a reason. Its weird to see the rpi shoehorned into some poor-mans deepfreeze solution. Its really a hobbyists platform like the beagleboard. Its going to go into some cool embedded projects and power some cool toys. Its not another desktop PC. We're well served in that are.