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> They're 100% Microsoft shops I think this is a bigger problem than most people realize. Expensive proprietary software has no place in education. It is ant
by dublinben 12y ago
> They're 100% Microsoft shops
I think this is a bigger problem than most people realize. Expensive proprietary software has no place in education. It is antithetical to the students' interests in learning, and it inherently prevents them from tinkering. Techies with children entering the public education system really need to push for a wholesale transition to open source. If it's good enough for the office, it's good enough for schools.
- jnbiche 12y agoI absolutely agree. At the very least, students should have access to Linux computer shell accounts via Putty or the like. That at least would eliminate the struggles of HS computer science teachers to get the necessary dev environments set up on their classroom Windows machines.