Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 07, 2007 11:01 PM
The first poster's comment seems very valid. Universities like lower schools should be teaching concepts not specific tools.
My network administration couse taught me Active Directory not the general concepts of directory services.
My programming courses taught me VB and C used within studio.net not general concepts of programming.
Today highschools teach students how to use Windows not how to use a computer regardless of what brand the WIMP desktop happens to display. This is like teaching all 16 year olds to drive a Chevy instead of any car or truck with peddals and steering.
Lastly, as a budget limited institution of higher learning, Universities should absalutely be using FOSS where possible. The very basis of Unviersities is informatino sharing and education.
The fact that Microsoft gives education a deal on it's closed product serves only to brand students as early as possible; again competing through marketing instead of quality. If Windows really was the better way rather than the more popular way I'd say ra ra Windows but it ain't so.
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Re:Hmm, yourself!
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 07, 2007 11:01 PMMy network administration couse taught me Active Directory not the general concepts of directory services.
My programming courses taught me VB and C used within studio.net not general concepts of programming.
Today highschools teach students how to use Windows not how to use a computer regardless of what brand the WIMP desktop happens to display. This is like teaching all 16 year olds to drive a Chevy instead of any car or truck with peddals and steering.
Lastly, as a budget limited institution of higher learning, Universities should absalutely be using FOSS where possible. The very basis of Unviersities is informatino sharing and education.
The fact that Microsoft gives education a deal on it's closed product serves only to brand students as early as possible; again competing through marketing instead of quality. If Windows really was the better way rather than the more popular way I'd say ra ra Windows but it ain't so.
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