Another article author who didn't Google first :-)
Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 05, 2003 05:48 AM
If I search for "computer driving licence" in Google, the very first link I get is to the long-running <A HREF="http://www.ecdl.co.uk/" TITLE="ecdl.co.uk">European Computer Driving Licence</a ecdl.co.uk>, which further links to the Europe-wide <A HREF="http://www.ecdl.com/" TITLE="ecdl.com">ECDL site</a ecdl.com>.
If you look at the syllabus for it, you'll find it's carefully worded to avoid mentioning Microsoft products, but the reality of the situation is that - very sadly - almost all the ECDL training centres are run with MS Word, Excel etc. and nary an open source piece of software is to be seen<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-(
Of course, the ECDL inevitably spawns plenty of jokes - "I'm computer driving without a licence...I'm a lawbreaker !", "Just don't use Windows - then you won't crash and have your (computer) driving licence endorsed" etc. etc.
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Another article author who didn't Google first :-)
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 05, 2003 05:48 AMIf you look at the syllabus for it, you'll find it's carefully worded to avoid mentioning Microsoft products, but the reality of the situation is that - very sadly - almost all the ECDL training centres are run with MS Word, Excel etc. and nary an open source piece of software is to be seen<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-(
Of course, the ECDL inevitably spawns plenty of jokes - "I'm computer driving without a licence...I'm a lawbreaker !", "Just don't use Windows - then you won't crash and have your (computer) driving licence endorsed" etc. etc.
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