Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 10, 2003 06:45 AM
The method of teaching IT needs to be completely revamped - to be less application-specific.
Right now, most teachers are teaching children how to use "Microsoft Word", not how to use "a wordprocessor"
Of course - the standard arguments from lazy teachers and students... 'Too many things to learn/teach', 'they will only use Microsoft Word in the real world'...
RMS is the author of this article. Free software refers to software that can be freely modified, freely redistributed. 'Open Source' is the term that trivialises Free software. Availability of source code is not enough.
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Re:Hate to disagree...
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 10, 2003 06:45 AMRight now, most teachers are teaching children how to use "Microsoft Word", not how to use "a wordprocessor"
Of course - the standard arguments from lazy teachers and students... 'Too many things to learn/teach', 'they will only use Microsoft Word in the real world'...
RMS is the author of this article. Free software refers to software that can be freely modified, freely redistributed. 'Open Source' is the term that trivialises Free software. Availability of source code is not enough.
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