The article here is spot on: 1. Market share 2. Unfamiliarity 3. Technical gaps Of these, perhaps #1 is the most important, and to some extent impacts #2 and #

The article here is spot on: 1. Market share 2. Unfamiliarity 3. Technical gaps Of these, perhaps #1 is the most important, and to some extent impacts #2 and #3. Linux has a 1% usage share [1]. Schools would be doing students a disservice by teaching them such a marginal desktop technology, when the opportunity cost of teaching them a mainstream operating system is so high. To the masses, Windows skills are more valuable than Linux skills. I'd love to squeeze my own favorite esoteric topics into the curriculum, but there are only so many things you can teach in a day or a year, and you have to choose based on maximum benefit. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_system...