Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 23, 2003 12:02 AM
the Philippine Commission on Higher Education would take notice of this and "enforce" this push into software liberty by mandating schools to teach Gnu/Linux. I used to be part of the educational system here in the Philippines. Sadly most colleges and universities here still offer Computer Science courses centered around Windows! Imagine, spending four years in college learning how to use microsoft office. Students are missing a chance to learn how a Real Operating system works.
In the school where I used to work, I was hard pressed trying to convince the CS faculty to switch or at least give the students a glimpse of other operating systems (not just Gnu/Linux). I tried to convince them to at least give Gnu/Linux a chance and teach the students (and themselves) how to install and use it. It was frustrating to hear one of them ask, "Is this Linux thing approved and recognised by the CHED?"
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 23, 2003 12:02 AMIn the school where I used to work, I was hard pressed trying to convince the CS faculty to switch or at least give the students a glimpse of other operating systems (not just Gnu/Linux). I tried to convince them to at least give Gnu/Linux a chance and teach the students (and themselves) how to install and use it. It was frustrating to hear one of them ask, "Is this Linux thing approved and recognised by the CHED?"
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