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I really don't understand comments like yours. If a posting doesn't interest you, why not just move on to the next instead of feeling compelled to sneeringly c
by cooldeal 14y ago
I really don't understand comments like yours.
If a posting doesn't interest you, why not just move on to the next instead of feeling compelled to sneeringly comment in a deprecating way with an air of smug superiority?
What does your comment add to the discussion?
- belorn 14y agoOne might "question" the nobility of giving books to students (the blog is named "UK Schools blog"), in which to get any use of, you need to buy proprietary software. If the books includes a copy of SQL server, windows server, Microsoft office or Visual studio, then it might be different, but as it stand, it just advertising masquerading as books, directed at students.
- CrazedGeek 14y agoMicrosoft does effectively include that software via DreamSpark: https://www.dreamspark.com https://www.dreamspark.com
- dschiptsov 14y agoLets say I hate such primitive attempts of cheap manipulation. At least not here.
- EwanToo 14y agoWhat manipulation do you think is going on here? Do you think recoiledsnake is a Microsoft-shill, or something else? Looking at his previous posts and comments, I seriously doubt he is.
- ben0x539 14y agoPerspective?
- Create 14y agoTeaching children to use Windows is like teaching them to smoke tobacco—in a world where only one company sells tobacco. Like any addictive drug, it inculcates a harmful dependency. (Bill Gates made this comparison in a 1998 issue of Fortune Magazine.) No wonder Microsoft offers the first dose to children at a low price. Microsoft aims to teach poor children this dependency so they can smoke Windows for their whole lives. I don’t think governments or schools should support that aim. http://bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php http://bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php